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INTRODUCTION. 



JRHERE is no history so fresh and piquant as that recorded by 
the newspaper. Written immediatel)' upon the completion 
of events, and during the process of completion, there is a 
charm of freshness about such reading that the historian of after 
years, who deals in cold facts and deductions, without the inspiring 
enthusiasm of current contact, cannot approximate. The history 
of General Grant will one day be compiled, when the great 
work and acts of his life have wrought out their legitimate 
effects, and when his greatness may be carefully weighed, so to 
speak, in the balance of results ; but this history can never 
have such interest to those who loved and admired the great 
captain as the daily newspaper record of the latter days of his 
life, his long illness and death, and the marvelous honors that 
were paid his memory in the sixteen davs following his demise 
until the final interment in Riverside Park. The following com- 
pilation has been made with a view of preserving, in permanent 
form, this instantaneous photography in all its freshness, and the 
selections have been made from the best journals of the countr}?, 
and from the reports of the Western Associated Press, which lat- 
ter in its entirety reads Hke a splendid romance. Of course, much 
that follows has been read by the public, but probably by no one 
in the connected form presented here, and certainly it is not in 
better shape an3-where for permanent preservation. The book is 
published as one in the series of Annuals which the Weekly 
Ohio State Journal has been accustomed for many years to 
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Born at Mt. Pleasant. Ohio : , . , April 27. 1S22 


Battle of SpottsylvaniaCourl House 


Mav9 to 12,1864 


Entered West Point Military Academv . 1SH9 


Cold Harbor 


June 1, 1864 


Graduated and entered the Army 1S43 


Petersburg— first attack 


...June 17, 1864 


Commissioned full Lieutenant Sept. 3), lSl.i 


Petersb-.irir-MCond assault 


. . July 30, 1864 


Promoted to First Lieutenant Sept. 8, ]847 


Hatcher'sRun 


.March 29, 1865 


Married to Miss Julia r. Dent 1848 


Five Forks 


..April 1,1865 


Promoted to Captain Aug. 5. 1833 


Petersburg Ca ptured 


. . .April 2, 1865 


Resigned July3l,1854 




...Aprils, 1865 


Reported for duty to Governor Yates.. April 19, 1861 


I.ee surrendered 


...April 9.1865 


Made Colonel 21st Regt. III. Vol June 17. 1.S61 


Commissioned General 


.. July 2,'), ISfill 


Commissioned Brigadier General Vol Auif . 7, 1861 


Made Secretary of W,ar 


..Aug. 12, 1867 


Battle of Belmont Nov. 7. 1861 


Nominated for President at Chicago 


..May 21, 1868 


Captured Fort Henry Feb. 6. 1862 


Renominated at Philadelphia . . 


- . June 5, 1872 


Captured Fort Donelhon Feb. 16. 1862 


Retired from the Presidential office 


March 5,1877 


Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 


Began his foreign tour 


..May 17, 1877 


Viiksburg Captured July 4, 1863 


Returned via San Francisco 


..Sept. 20.1879 


Promoted Major General, Regular Army July,1.S63 


Received in Columbus 


...Dec. 12, 1879 


Battle of Chattanooga Nov. 24 -2:i. 1863 


Made a tour in Mexico 


1880 








Moved on Richmond May 3, 1864 


Located in New York 


1R82 


Battle of the WildL-rness . . -May 5-6-7, 1864 


Placed on the retired list 


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ANCESTRY. 

The great captains of the world appear to 
have sprung from wliat may be called the 
common people. The primitive conditions 
of life seem to have been needed to develop 
the quality of dogged tenacity that is essen- 
tial to success in war. The great soldier 
who passed away July 23, 1SS5, embodied in 
his composition all the stronger character- 
istics thai have been shown in successful 
warriors since the world began. 

General Grant's great grandfather was a 
captain, and his grandfather a soldier in our 
early wars. The former was killed at the 
battle of White Plains, in 1756, and the lat- 
ter did good service in the Revolution. 
Jesse R. Grant, his father, was born in 
Westmoreland county. Pa., in 1794. 

In 1S05 his father died, and Jesse, then 
eleven years of age, was apprenticed to a 
tanner. The family removed to Maysville, 
Ky., and afterwards settled at Point Pleas- 
ant, Clermont county, O. 

Grant's mother was Hannah Simpson, 
the daughter of John .Simpson. She was 
born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, 
but removed with her lather and family to 
Clermont countv, Ohio, in 181S, where, in 
June, 1S21, she married Jesse R. Grant. 

BIRTH. 

On the 27th of April, 1822, their first child, 
known to the world as Ulysses Simpson 
Grant, was born in a small one story cot- 
tage, still standing on the banks of the" Ohio. 
The boy was christened Hiram Ulvsses, 
but when he was appointed to West Point, 
his application was made in llie name of 
Ulysses S. Grant, the congressman making 
the application evidently contusiiii,- his 
name with that of a younger brother, named 
Simpson, in honor of the motlier. An ef- 
fort was made to have the mistake rectified 
at the academy, but it tailed, his warrant 
being made out for Ulysess Sidney Grant, 
which name he accepted, only changing the 
Sidney to Simpson. 

AT WEST POINT. 

A comrade tor two years at West Point 
writes of liis life there : 

'•I remember him as a plain, common- 
scn^e, straight-foi ward youth; quiet, calm. 



thoughtful and unaggressive; shunning no- 
toriety; quite contented, while others were 
grumbling; taking to his military duties in a 
business-like manner; not a prominent man 
in the corps, hut re-pictea by all, and vei-y 
popular Willi Ills liiiii.ls. His sobriquet of 
"Uncle Sam" ». IS -Im 11 to him then, where 
every good tv\Um- has a nickname, from 
these very qualities; indeed, he was a very 
uncle-like sort of a youth. He was an ex- 
cellent horseman, and his picture rises before 
me as I write, in the old torn coat (riding- 
jackets had not then been issued), absole- 
scent leather gigtop. loose riding pantaloons, 
with spurs buckled over them, going with his 
clanking saber to the drill-hall. "His best 
standing was in the mathematical branches, 
and their application to tactics and military 

LIEUT. GRANT. 
Grant left West Point as brevet second 
lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry, and joined 
his regiment July i, 1S43, at Jefterson 
Barracks, near St. Louis. in the suinmer 
of 1S44 the regiment was transferred to 
XatchitOL-hcs, l.a.. and in 1S45 to Corpus 
Cluisti, to watch the Mexican army, then 
coiRiiitratiiiL; "ii tlie frontier. Grant was 
maiii- lull si, i.iui lieutenant in the Seventh 
Re-inient i.ii the 30th of September, 1845. 
But he had Ibrmed an attachment for the 
Fourth, and applied to remain in it. This 
was granted by the War Departinent. He 
first saw active service at Palo Alto and 
Resaca, May ti and 7, 1S46, and participated 
in the bloody battle of Monterey, Sep- 
tember 23, 1846. His regiment was soon 
after called awav from Gen. Taylor's com- 
mand, to join Gen. Scott in his splendid 
campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico. 
He was at the siege and capture ol \'era 
Cruz, March 29, 1S47; and on April i, 
preparatoiy to the advance, he was ap- 
pointed regimental quartermaster, a posi- 
tion whii-li he held during the remainder 

in e\eiy engagement jiossible. At 'mo° 
liim dtl Rev Septeinber 8. 1S47, he was 
distinguished, and was br.-\,tied first lieu- 
tenant tor his services. This brevet, how- 
ever, owing to the fact of his becoming a lull 
first lieutenant bv the casualities of that bat- 
tle, he declined.' 



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CAPTAIN GRANT. 

At Chapultepec he received the brevet ot" 
captain "lor gallant and meritorious con- 
duct," awarded in 1849, but not confirmed 
until 1S50. 

At il)e close of the Mexican war the 
Fourth Regiment was sent to New York, 
and afterwards to Detroit and Sackett's 
Harbor. In August, 1848, he married Miss 
Dent, sister to his classmate, Frederick J. 
Dent, who resided in St. Louis. In 185 1 
Grant went with the regiment to Oregon, 
and was afterwards ordered to Fort Dallas, 
where he saw some service against the 
Indians. After two years absence from his 
family, and with but little prospect of pro- 
motion at that time, Grant havins^ been pro- 
moted to a full captaincy in August, 1853^ 
he resigned his commission July 31, i854_ 
PRIVATE CITIZEN. 

As a private citizen he bei.;an life as a small 
farmer and dealer in wood near St. Louis, 
at which he made a precarious living. He 
is also said to have served as auctioneer, 
though his customary reticence is against it. 
In i860 he entered into partnership with his 
father, who had been prosperous in the 
tanning business, in a new leather store in 
Galena, III. 

It may easily be conceived how the 
treachery of Southern leaders, the secession 
of South Carolina, and the bombardment of 
Fort Sumter atVected Grant. A decided 
Democrat before the war, he had, in his 
limited sphere, been in favor of conceding 
to the South all its rights, and even more; 
but when the struggle actually began his 
patriotism and military ardor were aroused 
together. As a patriot, he was determined 
to support his government and uphold the 
fl.ig; and as a soldier, he saw openuig before 
him a career of distinction for which he had 
been educated, and in which already he had 
in some degree distinguished himself. 
HIS SERVICES AGAINST THE REBELLION. 

In April lie raised a company, and in May 
tendered his services to Governor Yates. 
He was soon after appointed mustering 
ollicer of the State, and not long after that 
was commissioned colonel of the Twenty- 
first Illinois Volunteers, three-months men. 
They subsequently enlisted, owing to their 
confidence in him, for three years' ser- 
vice, lie took command of the regiment at 
Springfield, III., and superintended their 
drill, and, not long after, he marched them, 
in default of railway transportation, 120 
miles, to Qiiincy, from which point he began 
operations in Missouri, in oppostiion to Jeff 
Thompson. In August, 1861, he received 
his commission of brigadier general of 
volunteers, and was placed in conti-ol of what 
was known as "the District of Southeast 
Missouri." 

BATTLE OF BELMONT. 

Grant's first engagement was on the 7th 



of November, 1S61, at Behnont, Mo., op- 
posite Columbus, Ky. The engagement 
wore the appearance" of a defeat, since it 
ended by the Union force retreating to their 
starting point, leaving their dead and 
wounded in the enemy's hands. Subsequent 
reports, however, put a different phase upon 
it, as it was made to appear what was the 
object of the expedition — to demonstrate 
upon Polk's works and prevent him rein- 
forcing some troops against whom Pope was 
operating in Missouri. 

FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON. 

The brilliant engagetnents ending with 
the capture of Forts Henry and D)nelson, 
of which Grant was the directing genius, oc- 
curred in the February following, having 
been set on foot some weeks earlier. The 
easily-won victory of Fort Henry was fol- 
lowed by the capture of Fort Donelson, won 
at the eiid of two day's hard fighting. Fort 
Donelson was defended by Generals Floyd 
and Pillow, with a force of 16,000 to 18,000 
men and a very heavy armament of colum- 
biads and field pieces. The work was a very 
strong one, every way worthy to defend the 
most important strategic point in the West. 
A terrific fight was made by the Confeder- 
ates on the 15th, but during that night, it 
having become apparent that Grant's energy 
was certain to compel capitulation, Flo\ d 
and Pillow, accompanied by a regiment "or 
two, fled, leaving the place to be surrendered 
by Gen. Buckner, next in command. On 
the morning of the i6th Buckner sent a let- 
ter to Grant relative to surrendering to him, 
and asking an armistice until 12 o'clock. 
It was on this occasion that General Grant 
wrote his first famous letter, as follows : 
"To Gen. S. B. Buckner, Confederate 

Army: 

"Yours of thisdate, proposing an armistice 
and appointment of commissioners to settle 
terms of capitulation, is just received. No 
terms other than an unconditional and im- 
mediate surrender can be accepted. I pro- 
pose to move immediately upon your works. 

"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient 
servant, tj.'S. Grant, 

"Brig. Gen. U. S. A. Commanding." 

The style exhibited in the communication 
to Gen. Buckner fairly exemplifies Grant's 
style of correspondence in similar exigencies 
throughout the war. He was always laconic, 
but never affectedly so. He always em- 
braced all the essential points at issue, but 
never expanded upon them. 

The victory at Donelson was dearly 
bought, though not less so than could have 
been expected from the exceding strength of 
the works to be taken and the courage with 
which the Confederate troops fought. Of 
the Union forces 446 were killed, 1,735 
wounded and 150 made prisoners; while the 
Rebels lost in killed 231, in wounded 1.007, 
and in prisoners nearly 14,000, a few having 
escaped with Floyd and Pillow. 



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The capture of Fort Donelson, with all 
its defenders, except Gen. Flo^'d's brigade, 
was the first brilliant and substantial victory 
that had crowned the Federal arms. To the 
gratification at so great a military success 
was added a popular admiration of the terse 
and soldierly declaration in which the sur- 
render had been demanded; and the hero of 
the aflfair sprang at once into national cele- 
brity. He was immediately commissioned 
major-general of volunteers, to date from 
February 16 

PITTSBURG LANDING 

Gen. C. F. Smith had been directed by 
Gen. Halleck to make an expedition up the 
Tennessee with aboul 40,000 men; but he 
died soon after it started, and the command 
devolved upon Gen. Grant. A large por- 
tion of the force, after lying three weeks at 
I'ittsburg Landing, in preparation for an at- 
tack on Corinth, was attacked at daybreak 
of April 6 by an overwhelming Confederate 
force under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, 
and driven from its camp vviili heavy loss. 
Gen. Grant arrived on the field of battle at 
S A. M., and reformed the lines. Heavy re- 
inforcements under Gen. Buell, having ar- 
rived during the night, the battle was re- 
sumed on the 7th. and the enemy, defeated, 
withdrew to Corinth, the commanding Con- 
federate General having lost his life. Gen. 
Grant was slightly wounded. Gen. Halleck, 
arriving at the front two or three days after- 
ward, began siege operations against Cor- 
inth; but the Confederates evacuated the 
place on the last days of May. Halleck was 
called to Washington on July 11, and Grant 
became commander of the Department of 
West Tennessee, with headquarters at 

CORINTH. 

On September 17, Grant ordered an ad- 
vance from Corinth, to stop the progress 
of the Conleilerate Gen. Price, who had a 
large force concentrated at luka. A battle 
was fought at the place September 19, and a 
complete victory gained As Gen. Bragg's 
forces were pushing toward the Ohio river. 
Giant now removed his headquarters to 
Jackson, Tenn. The Confederates under 
Price and Van Dorn. 40,000 strong, attack- 
ed his po-ition at Corinth, which. was held 
bv Rosecrans with about 20.000 men (Octo- 
ber 3 and 4). After a desperate fight the as- 
sailants were repulsed with heavy loss, and 
pursued beyond the Hatchie river. Buell 
moved out" to intercept Bragg, and de- 
feated him at Perryville, October 8, where- 
upon he retreated to East Tennessee. 

VICKSBURG. 

On the i6th of Occober, Gen. Grant's de- 
partment was extended by the addition of a 
portion of Mississippi, as far as Vicksburg, 
and designated as the department of the 
Tennessee. After unsuccessful movements 
against Vicksburg, ''the Gibraltar of the 



Mississippi," from the North, Grant moved 
his army down the west bank of the river, 
crossed to the east side at a point below the 
city on the last day of April, 1863, deleated 
the enemy in the actions of Raymond, 
Jackson, Champion's Hill, and Big" Black, 
preventing Gen. J. E. Johnston from joining 
Pemberton at Vicksburg, and laid siege to 
that place May 18. The city surrendered, 
with about 31,600 prisoners, on July 4, 1863. 
Thereupon Grant was promoted to the rank 
ol major general in the regular army. 

In October he was placed in command of 
the military division of the Mississippi, com- 
prising the departments commanded by 
Sherman, Thomas, Burnside and Hooker. 
Immediately after the capture of Vicksburg 
he had sent heavy reinforcements to Gen. 
Sherman on the 'Big Black river, who was 
thereby enabled to drive the Confederate 
force under Johnston out of Jackson. 

MISSIONARY RIDGE AND LOOKOUT 
MOUNTAIN. 

Grant then concentrated his forces for the 
defense of Chattanooga, which was threaten- 
ed bv Bragg, and the latter's positions on 
Missionary Ridge and Lookout mountain 
were carried by assault on November 24 
and 25. Bragg's forces retreated to Dalton, 
Ga., being foTlowed as far as Ringgold. The 
pursuing columns were then sent to the re- 
lief of Knoxville, which, held by Burnside, 
was closely invested by Longstreet. 

COMMISSIONED LIEUT. GENER.A.L. 

The first measure passed in the con- 
gressional session of 1863-64, was a resolu- 
tion providing that a gold medal be struck 
for Gen. Grant, and returning thanks to him 
and his army. A bill reviving the grade of 
lieutenant general in the army was passed by 
Congress, and on March i, 1864, received 
the signature of President Lincoln, who at 
once nominated Gen. Grant for the position. 
The Senate confirmed the nomination on the 
following day. Grant arrived in Washing- 
ton on March 9, received his commission at 
the hands of the President, and on the 17th 
issued his first general order, dated at Nash- 
ville, assuming command of the armies of 
the United States, and announcing that 
headquarters would be in the field, and, until 
further orders, with the 

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 

Not before during the civil war had any 
one general in the field commanded all the 
national armies. Grant, with nearly 700- 
000 men in the field, at once planned two 
campaigns, to be directed simultaneously 
against vital points of the Confederacy by 
the two chief armies under his command, 
the one under Gen. Meade to operate against 
Richmond, defended by Lee; the other, 
under Gen. Sherman, againsi Atlanta, de- 
fended by Johnston. At midnight, on May 
3, Grant began the movement against Rich- 



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General Grant as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, in the Mexican War. 

IKrom a Daguerreolype.] 



moiid, crossing the Rapidan with the Annv 
of the Potomac, which was joined two days 
later by the Ninth Corps under Bnrnside, 
and, with an aggregate force of 140,000 men, 
pushed through the Wilderness by the right of 
Lee's position, in the endeavor to place liim- 
self between the Confederate army and the 
Confederate capital. Lee was apprised of 
the movement on the morning of the 4th, 
and boldly took the ofiensive, pushing east- 
ward to strike the F'ederal cokmins on the 
march. The immediate result was the 
bloody battle of the Wilderness, which foiled 
Grant's first attempt to interpose his army 
between Lee's and Richmond. Making 
another advance by the left flank, he was 
again confronted 63' Lee at Spottsylvania; 
and after partial success and a bloody re- 
pulse, he repeated the movement, only to 
find Lee in a strong position on the North 
Anne river, and still a fourth advance 
brought the Army of the Potomac before 
the absolutely impregnable rifle pits of Cold 
Harbor. After a costly assault on these, 
Grant once more moved his army by 



the left flank and crossed the James. The 
day after the success of Spottsylvania, he 
had sent the famous dispatch to the Govern- 
ment : 

" I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS 
LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER." 
Sherman opened his campaign toward 
Atlanta as soon as Grant telegraphed him 
that the Army of the Potomac had crossed 
the Rapidan. At the same time Grant had 
directed Sigel to advance from Winchester 
up the Shenandoah toward Stanton, and 
Crook to advance from Charleston up the 
Kanawha toward Lynchburg. But Sigel 
was defeated at Newmarket bv Breckenridge, 
and Crook, after considerable fighting, was 
compelled to retreat. Meanwhile, Gen. But- 
ler, with the Army of the James, had been 
directed to capture and hold Petersburg, 
and if possible, to invest Richmond closely 
from the south side, but had totally failed to 
do so All these flanking movements being 
foiled, and Lee being neither defeated in the 
open field nor cut oS from Richmond, the 



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great problem of the war idstantly narrowed 
iisclf down to a siege of Petersburg, which 
Grant now began. Lee's attempt to create 
a diversion bv an invasion of Maryland and 
an attack on Washington failed, Sheridan 
ultimately driving back the invaders up the 
valley of'the Shenandoah; while, in Georgia, 
Johnston was unable to check the advance 
of SheTinan; and his successor in command, 
Hood, was forced to evacuate Atlanta, and 
lost his army before Nashville. The siege 
of Petersburg ended alter the victory at 
Five Forks, in the beginning o April, 1S65, 
when Richmond was evacuated and Lee re- 
treated westward toward Danville, followed 
closely by Grant, who finally forced the sur- 
render of his remaining force, which took 
place at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 
1865. 

AFTER THE WAR 
Grant fixed his headquarters at Washing- 
ton, going directly to that city from 
the field at Appomattox. On July 25, 
1S66, he was commissioned General of the 
United Slates army, the rank having been 
•created for him. On August 12, 1867, when 
President Johnston suspended Secretary 
Stanton from office, Gen. Grant was made 
Secretary of War ad interim, and held the 
position until January 14, 1S6S, when iie re- 
turned it to Mr. Stanton, whose removal the 
Senate had refused to sanction. The Presi- 
■dent wished Grant to retain the office, not- 
withstanding the action of Congress, and 
Grant, in a letter to him, dated February 3, 
said : 

'•I can but regard this whole matter, from 
the beginning to the end, as an attempt to in- 
volve me in the resistance of law, for which 
you hesitate to assume the responsibility 
and orders, and thus to destroy my character 
before the country. I am, in a measure, 
confirmed in this conclusion by your recent 
orders directing me to disobey orders from 
the Secretary of War, my superior, and 
your subordinate, without having counter- 
manded his authority to issue the orders I 

PRESIDENT. 
Long before the assembling of the Re- 
publican Convention at Chicago, in 186S, it 
was apparant that Gen. Grant would be tlie 
nominee. On the 21st of May, in that year, 
his name was presented before the conven- 
tion, and he received the unanimous vote on 
the first ballot. Hon. Schuvler Colfax was 
nominated for the Vice- Presidency on the 
sixth ballot. In the election in November 
of that year they received a popular majority 
of 309,684, and 214 electoral votes to but 
eighty for Seymour and Blair. In 1S72 
Grant was renominated, with Henry Wilson, 
of Massachusetts, as Vice-President, Grant 
having no opposition and being nominated 
by acclamation. As opposing candidates 
the Democratic party put up Horace Greelev 
and Benj. Gratz Brown. Grant and Wilson 



carried thirty -one of the thirty-seven states, 
receiving a popular majority of 762,991, and 
286 electoral votes in a college of 366. The 
votes of Arkansas, 6, Louisiana, S, cast lor 
Grant, were rejected, otherwise he would 
have received 300. 

AROUND THE WORLD. 

The second term of Gen. Grant as Presi- 
dent of the United States expired on March 
4, 1877. He soon left Washington for 
Philadelphia, with the design of making a 
tour of the world. This he began on May 
17, with his wife and eldest son embarking on 
the steamship Indiana at that port. He ar- 
rived at Liverpool on the 2Sth, having made 
the passage in eleven days. From Liverpool 
he went to London, and dined with the 
Duke of Wellington on the 2d of June. 
During his stay in England Ihe General was 
honored with an invitation to dine with 
Qiieen Victoria at Windsor. The dinner 
took place on the 26th of June. The next 
morning the General and his party returned 
to London, and for some days afterward re- 
ceived the most flattering attentions from 
the nobilitv and statesmen of the kingdom. 
On the 26ih of July, after having made a 
tour through Scotland and Ireland, the party 
left for Geneva, bwitzerland. A tour of 
Northern Italy was then made; thence back 
through Alsace and Lorraine, returning to 
London, when he again sailed, July 5, for 
Ostend. On the 71 h. King Leopold 
called on Gen. Grant at his hotel, and had a 
long conversation with him. The visit was 
returned the next day at the palace. The 
party arrived at Palermo, Italy, on the 23d 
of l)ecember. Here they spent Christmas, 
and dined on board the United States ship, 
Vandalia. On the the morning of January 
19, 1S7S, the ex-President and his compan- 
ions entered Siout, Egypt. From Egypt 
they proceeded to Jaffa, on the Mediter- 
ranean, and thence made a tour of the Holy 
Land. Embarking at Beyrout, Syria, they 
reached Constantinople, and arrived there 
immediately after the treaty of San Stefano, 
which ended the Russo-Turkish war. 
Thence he proceeded to European Turkey, 
and returned to Stamboul on March 5th. 
The party soon sailed for Italy, arriving in 
Rome soon after the election of Leo XIII to 
the pontificate. Thev arrived in Paris on 
the 7th of May, and thence to Holland. 
From Holland they went to Germany, arriv- 
ing at Berlin on June 26th. They reached 
Hamburg by rail on July 2, and made a tour 
through Denmark. Sweden and Norway, 
From Stockholm they sailed for St. Peters- 
burg, visiting the principal cities of Russia 
and Poland, reaching Vienna on the iSth of 
August. Thence the tour took them through 
Switzerland, southern France and Spain, 
reaching Victoria on the i6th of October. 
In Januay, 1S79. they sailed for Ireland, go- 
ing thence to Paris. ' On the 24th they em- 
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^ arrived on the I2th of February. On the 
TL 17th of March, Gen. Grant proceeded to Bur- 
mah, and thence to China. At Bangliok he 
received a letter from the King of Siam, in- 
viting him to visit that kingdom as the guest 
of ihe government. The letter was incased 
in Ko\"al purple satin. The party arrived at 
HongKong on the evening of April 30, and 
at Canton on May 6. The ex-President 
and his party reached Yokohama, Japan, 
about the ist of July, and on the 4th the 
■distinguished tourist, accompanied by Mrs. 
Grant, was admitted to an audience with 
the Emperor and Empress. The Mikado 
welcomed his guest in a cordial speech, 
highly eulogistic of the ex-President, and of 
the country which he represented. A 
special and highly complimentary feature of 
his visit to China was his conversation with 
Li-Hung Chang, Viceroy of the Province 
•of Tien-Tsin, in which" the General was 
invited to become the mediator between 
that government and Japan, concerning the 
Loo-Choo difficulty, the Viceroy's propo- 
■sition being autho'rized by Prince Kung. 
The party left Yokohama ont he 25th of 
August, and arrived at San Francisco on 
September 20. 

During this tour he was received with dis- 
tinguished honor by the following persons, 
besides many others : Qiieen Victoria, of 
England; King Leopold, of Belgium; the 
Khedive of Egypt; the Sultan of Turkey. 
King Humbert; of Italy; Pope Leo XIII, 
President MoMahon, of France; the King of 
Holland; Emperor William, of Germany; 
Prince Bismarck, King Oscar, of Sweden; 
the Emperor Alexander, of Russia; the Em- 
peror Francis Joseph, of Austria; King 
Alfonso, Spain; 'President Grevy of France; 
M. Gambetta, Viceroy Lytton, of India; 
King Thebavi of Burmah; Prince Kung of 
China; the Emperor of Siam, and the Mi- 
kado of Japan. 

At the close of the year of 1879 he made 
a trip to the West Indies and Mexico. 
TREATY WITH MEXICO. 
In 1SS2 General Grant, with Mr. Tres- 
cott, was appointed commissioner to negoti- 
ate a commercial treaty with Mexico, his 
interest in the trade of the United States in 
that region peculiarly fitting him for the 
discharge of the trust. It will be remem- 
liered that during his terra as President he 
urged legislation looking toward the de- 
velopment of American interests in the 
region of Central America, and of the West 
Indies, particularly San Domingo, the an- 
nexation of which was recommended. The 
commission consisted of Gen. Grant, Mr. 
Trescott, and Senors Romero and Canedo, 
Senor Romero being a particular friend of 
Gen. Grant. 

A CITIZEN OF NEW YORK. 
Gen. Grant was also president of a Mexi- 
^1 can railway enterprise, though it was never 
;,: completed. He afterwards took up his resi- 



dence in New York city, and became, with 
James D. Fish, a silent partner in the bank- 
ing firm. Grant & Ward, of which the now 
notorious Ferdinand Ward was the controll- 
ing spirit. On M.-iy 8, 18S4. the firm col- 
lapsed, on account ol' the rascality of Ward, 
and the Grants, father and son, Tost all they 
had invested in the linn. A moyenient was 
set on foot to raise a fund for the relief of 
the General, but he discountenanced it, and 
it was abandoned. Mr. Vanderbilt held the 
General's personal pledge for $150,000, bor- 
rowed but a few days before the lailure took 
place. To satisfy this Gen. Grant executed 
a mortgage on all his property. An effort 
was made to relieve the General from this 
debt, and it resulted in Vanderbilt's offering 
to convey it back to Mrs. Grant, to be held 
as a trust, the war relics and personal 
property of the General to revert to the 
government after his death. This generous 
offer was accepted, and the trust is now in 
the government, President Arthur having 
communicated it to Congress in a special 
message. 

GENERAL ON RETIRED LIST. 

A movement was then begun to put Grant 
on the retired list. A proposition to pension 
him was promptly and properly discounten- 
anced by him, and on March 4, 1S85, after 
much trouble on account of partisan preju- 
dice. Congress unanimously empowered the 
President'to nominate a man for the ofhce of 
General on the retired list. This done. 
President Arthur promptly signed the bill 
and sent the name of Grant to the Senate, 
where it was at once confirmed without op- 
position, to the evident satisfaction of the en- 
tire country. 

ACCIDENT. 

On the 24th of December, 1SS3. Gen. 
Grant sustained a fall while descending the 
steps of his residence, severely injuring his 
left thigh and confining him to his bed for 
weeks, after which he was able to get about 
on crutches. He was greatly weakened 
thereby, and the mental distress consequent 
upon the disastrous outcome of the firm in 
which his money was invested greatly in- 
tensified his sufferings. 

SYMPTOMS OF CANCER. 
In June, 1SS4, while living in his cottage 
at Long Branch, Gen. Grant was very much 
troubled by his throat. He consulted Dr. 
DeCosta, o"f Philadelphia, who was stopping 
there, and was warned that the trouble 
might be serious, and that he had better see 
his family physician. The trouble abated 
and Gen. Grant thought no more about it 
until it broke out with renewed violence in 
October. He consulted Dr. Fordice Barker, 
who at once detected symptons of cancerous 
growth, and directed him to a specialist in 
throat diseases, Dr. J. H. Douglas, of 48 
East Twenty-Sixth street. Dr. Douglas ad- 
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soon ceased it altogether, and felt much bet- 
ter tor it. His hip, whicli had been injured 
by his fall on December 24, 1SS3, had im- 
proved so much that he was able to take 
Ions walks. In November he took cold 
ciuring one of the walks, and went back to 
Dr. l>oiiglas. He was then almost unable 
to speak, and he ate with great difficulty. 
The root of the tongue was hardened, and 
there was thick patches on the soft palate, ac- 
companied by a slight ulceration. He had 
considerable pain, which was relieved by ap- 
plication of muriat of cocaine and iodoform. 
He became much better, and got along well 
until a relapse in February. 

WORK ON THE MEMOIRS. 

All along through his illness, while in the 
city. Gen. Grant worked on his military his- 
tory, and on his war reminiscences. He arose 
about S o'clock and read the morning news- 
papeis. He breakfasted at 9:30, and then, 
accompanied by his colored servant, drove 
down town to Dr. Douglas's office. When 
he returned to his house, about 11:30, he 
would go to work on his book. He wrote it 
out himself, referring occasionally to Fred 
Grant for dates and other minutije. Col. 
Fred. Grant wrote out a copy of his father's 
manuscript. Lunch was taken at 1:30 and 
tl\e writing was continued until 3:30. Then 
the General would go out for a drive with 
Mrs. Grant. He dined at 7 o'clock, and the 
evenings were passed in social recreations, 
playing whist or entertaining friends. 

An idea of his cheerful courage under 
such trying circumstances may be had from 
a conversation had with him by a news- 
paper correspondent in the latter part of 
February, at which time the evidences of 
cancel were very plain. In response to a 
question as to the state of his health he said : 

"I have always been used to a great 
amount of out-door life, and my accident of 
last winter has until recently compelled me 
to remodel my habits to a great extent. 
Having to go about on crutches, or not at all, 
I have remained shut up for weeks at a time. 
If I moved about very much, the pain in my 
hip came on to an extent which kept me 
from enjoying existence, and the end of it 
was that I simply stopped nearly all my 
exercise. But I am pretty thoroughly cured 
of that difficulty. You" see, I walk now 
without the aid of so much as a cane, and I 
don't limp very badly, either." 

AL.^RMIN'G CRISES. 
During the closing days of February and 
the first tew days of March the General's 
illness took a most serious turn, and it 
seemed that he could not survive more than 
;i very few days at most. He soon rallied, 
liowever, and proceeded systematically with 
his work on his war reminiscences. Again, 
in the middle of the month of March, he 
suffered a relapse and great prostration. On 
the 30th of March he suffered another serious 
relapse, i.nd it was feared that he could not 



survive more than a few hours. Tlie doctors 
had now become convinced that the disease 
was cancer of the tongue solely, and that all 
they could do was to ease the General along 
until his inevitable death. They remained 
in the house day and night. At times the 
General became very much alarmed and gave 
up all hope. On that eventful evening when 
he was expected to die at any moment the 
forms of all the newspapers were held in 
readiness to issue a special edition. There 
were in the house Doctors Shrady and 
Douglas. Dr. Shrady had staid up the 
previous night alone, 'and was completely 
worn out. Dr. Douglas, too, being an old 
man, was very tired. The family were up 
all night, and with them were Dr. Newman 
and General Badeau. General Grant was 
very low all night, and in the early morning 
had an alarming hemorrhage. The family 
were gathered around him. every member 
crying. The General reclined in one chair, 
wfth his pillow behind him, and rested his 
feet on another chair. Dr. Slirady was 
sleeping in another room. In rushed Dr. 
Douglas and roused liim with the words, 

it's all over. 

"What!'' said Shrady, ''do you mean to 
say that the man is dead.'" 

"No; not dead, but he will be in a few- 
minutes. Nothing can save him." 

Dr. Shrady jumped up and ran into the 
room where "the General was. Mrs. Grant, 
weeping, reached out lier hand and said: 
''Ulysses, do you know me.'" 

The General's chin was resting upon his 
breast. He slowly raised his head and said 
"Yes." 

Dr. Newman exclaimed: ''It is all over; 
I will baptize him." He went quickly into- 
another room, got a silver bowl, filled it with 
water, came back, dipped his hand into it 
and said: "I baptize thee, Ulysses Simpson 
Grant, in the name of the Father, Son and 
Holy Ghost." 

The General slowly raised his head and 
remarked, ''I thank you." Then turning to 
his family he raised "one hand and uttered 
the words, "I bless you all." 

To Doctor Newman he observed: "Doctor, 
I intended to attend to this myself." 

Meanwhile Drs. Shrady "and Douglas 
were consulting with each other in the cor- 
ner. The strain was intense. 

Dr. Douglas said: "He will die, sure. He 
has gone. The pulse has left the wrist " 

Dr. Shrady, as if struck by inspiration, 
replied: "I will give him brandy. ' 

"You cannot do it ; he cannot swallow," 
said Dr. Douglas." 

"I will give it to him hypodermically,"' 
answered Dr. Shrady 

"How much.?" ask'ed Dr. Douglas. 

"A barreU'ul, if necessary,'' retorted Dr^ 
Shrady. 

Dr. Shradv rushed into another room. 

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''jes," and handed him some. Dr. Shrady 
rushed back and gave Grant a syringeful in 
each arm. The General revived, the pulse 
returned to his wrist, and his life was saved. 

Dr. Newman walked into an adjoining 
room with Dr. Shrady and asked: "Doctor, 
how is he.'" 

"I don't think he will die," said the doctor. 

''Our prayers have been answered," said 
Dr. Newman. 

"I think it was the brandv," responded 
Dr. Slirady. 

For tliree days his life seemed hanging in 
a delicate balance, but on April 3 

HE R.\LLIED WONDERFULLY 
under the influence of injected brandy, 
and had a new lease of life. For davs 
he seemed kept alive only by his great 
determination.though at times despondent and 
apparently weary of the struggle to live. On 
the i6th of April he surprised the doctors and 
attendants by going down stairs to break- 
fast. On th'e 20th he took a ride. On the 
27th he sent out a message acknowledging 
the congratulations of the people on his 
birthday. On the 30th he resumed work on 
his book, which he kept at, as he was able, 
until it was finished. 

TO MOUNT m'gREGOR. 

Early in M.iy he began making plans 
for spending the summer out of the city, 
and it was arranged that when he did go 
it would be to Mount McGregor. 

June 15th, the last day of General Grant's 
stay in New York prior to going to Mount 
McGregor, was spent quietly with the pur- 
pose of having him get as much rest and 
strength as possible. Though the time for 
him to go was fixed for June 23, his condition 
had become so much worse, in the sense of 
an almost complete prostration of his nerves 
and physical system, that at the Sunday 
consultation of the physicians it was deemed 
advisable to remove him as soon as possible 
from the neighborhood. When the arrange- 
ments for his departure were made it was 
expected that the General would be in a 
much better condition at the time than he 
was. Even Sunday night, prior to the 
tliunder-shower. which began about eight 
o'clock, when the General felt particularly 
depressed, it was thought that perhaps the 
journey might have to be postponed. When 
the subject of a postponement was brought 
to the General's notice, he brightened, and 
in a voice husky and low, but with unusual 
vigor, he said: 

"NOW OR NEVER." 
At the examination of the General's throat in 
the afternoon by Doctor Douglas, the local 
conditions were found to be unchanged to anv 
marked extent. There was an appearance 
of inflammation in the right side of the palatal 
curtain, and much stiffness of the jaw be- 
cause of the large swelling in the neck. He 
also had at times pains in the back of his 
throat. The sick man was cheerful, but it I 



was evident that he was keeping up his 
spirits by his will power. Dr. Douglas 
called at 9:00 p. M., and found the patient 
uneasy and nervous. His throat was dressed, 
and the General quieted down for the night 
about an hour earlier than usual in the hope 
that he miglit gel a good rest. 

William H.Vanderbilt's privale car was 
the last of three which made up the .special 
train which was to convey General Grant to 
Mount McGregor. 

THE START. 
On the morning of the i5th the General 
was driven to 45th street, and arrived about 
9.00 o'clock. He at once entered the Van- 
derbilt car, and took his seat on a sofa. With 
his own hands he adjusted his woolen skull 
cap, and drew closer the neck scaif so as to 
conceal the ugly swelling that filled out the 
right side of his neck, even with the ear. 
He watched with apparent interest the move- 
ments of Dr. Douglas and Harrison, who 
were arranging chairs and bags so that the 
General should be as comfortable as possible 
during the trip. Heavy drapery was so 
arranged as to prevent any drafts from 
reaching the sick man. Mrs. Grant sat at 
the General's right hand, and he was ever 
under her watchful eyes. The ride through 
the tunnel in the city was the worst that 
was to be expected during the entire trip. 
The sharp curves shook the car a little, but 
the care of the engineer prevented any 
skakingthat could disturb the General. Mrs. 
Fred. Grant, Mrs. Ulysses Grant and Mrs. 
Sartoris were also in the car, while the child- 
dren of the household were under the care 
of Colonel Fred. Grant in a forward car. 
General Grant passed a restless night and 
looked much depressed and emaciated. 
While he watched everything that was done 
he did not speak a word. 

AT BARRVTOWN 
Colonel Fred. Grant was half reclining 
on a sola by Dr. Douglas, and by the 
General's side, when Stony Pomt was 
parsed at 9.45. "When Anthony Wayne 
stormed Stony Point," shouted Colonel 
Grant above the clatter of the train, and so 
the physician and his patient could hear, -'my 
great grandfather, Captain Dent, was com- 
mander of the forlorn hope, and when they 
reached the walls he had his men stand on 
each other's shoulders, and then the Captain 
scaled the rampart, or the wall, and pulled 
his men up one by one over the human lad- 
der. They then descended and opened the 
gates of the fortress and let in Wayne's men." 
The General inclined his head a trifle and 
smiled faintly at the relation of the incident. 

"UP HERE AT TICONDEROGA," 
continued the Colonel, "father's great grand- 
father and his brother were killed in the 
French-English war about 1754." The 
General heard and nodded assent. 

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in his chair in order that he miglit command 
a better view of the west bank ot the river. 
He wanted to get a glimpse of 

WEST POINT. 
As the train hurried on, the scenery was 
growing very familiar to the sick man, the 
scenes of his cadctship were coming to view, 
and at length, at 10:15, when the quarters at 
West Point came in view the (ieneral nodded 
across the river and again faintly smiled, as 
Mrs. Grant glanced across at him, to see if 
he was noting the point they were passing, 
and she smiled as he nodded. The ladies 
hurried to the river side of the car to watch, 
and Col. Fred. Grant pointed out a pile of 
rocks which he had heard his father mention 
in telling his swimming adventures of his 
student davs. The General spoke no word, 
and followed the scene with his eyes, looking 
rearward, until West Point was shut out 
from view by a curve of the road. 

Once the General pointed to a residence on 
the west bank of the river, and, leaning to- 
ward Col. Fred. Grant, he attempted to 
speak and tell him it was the house of a 
friend, at which in past years he had been 
entertained, but so weak was his voice that 
the General could not make himself heard. 
Dr. Douglas requested him not to make any 
eft'ort to speak, and bade him write what he 
had to say, which he did. 

At 12 o'clock Dr. Douglas said, "I have 
made no effort to feel his pulse; I could 
not do so while the train is in motion. He 
is showing less fatigue than might have been 
expected. I am anxious to reach the moun- 
tain, so that I can clear his throat of this 
dust, which is trying to him. He is feeling 
the heat, but his'strength is holding out re- 
markably well." 

The train arrived 

AT SARATOGA 
on time. A great crowd was at the depot 
trying to catch sight of the General, but he 
was visible but a moinent as he stepped from 
the train that had brought him from New 
York to the one that was to convey him 
to Mount McGregor. Post Wheeler, G. A. 
R., in full uniform, acted as a guard, to keep 
the crowd back. 

The sick man arrived 

AT MOUNT m'GREGOR 

at 2:45 P. M. 

The last stage of the journey was the 
worst. The jolting caused the General 
much pain and latigue. 

When Gen. Grant alighted from the train 
here a large banner confronted him, bearing 
the words, "Welcome to our hero." At 
that moment a photographer with a camera 
on the platform took an instantaneous pic- 
ture of the General alighting. The General, 
steadied on either side by his attendants, 
started to walk Irom the train to the 

DREXEL COTTAGE. 
The ascent was easy and the distance 
short, but his strength failed and he 



was placed in a chair, which was carried to 
the cottage by two porters. Mr. Drexel and 
Mrs. Grant were close behind the General, 
and his household and servants followed, 
forminsj a little procession. On the cottage 
stoop Miss Drexel welcomed the party and 
conducted the ladies to their rooms. The 
General walked to his room on the same 
level as the broad piazza, and there he sank 
into a chair with pillows beneath and behind 
him. Perspiratioi. was standing on his face, 
and the strain of the journey gave way to re- 
action and extreme weakness. He lay back 
with closed eyes, and the nurse fanned 
his face. Dr. Douglas was anxious to 
examine and cleanse the General's throat. 
He found that considerable irritation had 
been caused by fine black dust which had 
lodged in the throat during the journey, 
but said that the surface underneath, though 
inflamed, appeared better than he had ex- 
pected. The swelling outside had steadily 
increased. After passing the Hudson and 
during the last hour of the trip it rapidly- 
filled forward on the neck and below the 
collar. The General's voice, which was bet- 
ter at starting than on Monday, had utterly 
failed him, and any effort to speak resulted 
only in faint and almost inaudable respira- 
tions. The doctor thought this was due to 
the fatigue, which was greater during the 
last hour of the trip than at any other time. 
When the doctor had cleansed and treated 
his throat. Gen. Grant appeared on the 
piazza, and was seated on a pillow- 
cushioned chair with his feet resting in 
another. His skull cap was drawn down- 
ward and his neck protected by the upturned 
collar of his gown. His elbows rested on 
the arms of the chair, his hands were clasped, 
his eyes closed. After ten minutes he arose, 
and with his cane slowly walked into his 
room and lay down. In faint whispers he 
let Dr. Douglas know that the was very 
weary, and was glad the journey was ended. 
Then his pulse, ordinarily 71, was So. 

LIFE AT MOUNT McGREGOB. 

June 17. — When Gen. Grant sank in his 
pillowed chair on the piazza of the Drexel 
cottage soon after his arrival yesterday, the 
thermometer on a pillow in front of him 
marked the temperature at 83°. Mr. Drexel 
said this was an excessive heat for the lo- 
cality. Clouds and rain at sunset beat the 
mercury down to overcoat temperature. On 
through the night until 3 o'clock gusty 
winds swept the rain in sheets over the 
mountains, but the sun came up over the 
Green mountains this morning and found 
no clouds. At to o'clock the thermometer 
before the General's window marked 65°. 
Dr. Douglas felt encouiaged when he came 
out at 9 o'clock. He thought the General 
had slept well, although he had been called 
to attend him three times during the night. 
The huskiness of his voice was considerably 
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ge eral weakness rather than fatigue, and its 
recovery would be slow. 

Col. Fred. Cirant said of his father this 
morning: "lie had considerable rest last 
night, and this morning his voice has im- 
proved so that we can understand him when 
he tries to whisper. When I went to his 
room a little while ago he whispered very 
faintly that he found his voice a little 
stronger to-day, but that he should not try 
to use it, lioping that with caution it would 
grow strong enough so he could talk again. 
Hut" added Col. Grant, "the failure of 
father's voice is owing to debility, and he 
is growing weaker all the while. The change 
of air he feels just now, 



aside Irom that 



the house. Quite often he paused at times 
with eyes bent to the floor as though intent- 
ly thinking and again gazing away toward 
the eastward where the Green mountains 
wert within his view, but while out of doors 
he most of the time sat motionless with one 
hand pressing a handkerchief to his mouth 
to protect his throat from the cool air that 
had followed the rain of Tuesday night. The 
other hand grasped a canewhicii the General 
now at all times carries The sick man's 



face was less strained m appearance 



than 
he concluded his journey. About 
idday the General walked around the 
)rner of the piazza and entered his room. 
e signified a desire to have his throat 




Drexel Cottage, Mount McGregor, N. Y. 



his weakness constantly grows upon him." 
A little white tent, with small flags flut- 
tering from it, is pitched close to General 
Grant's cottage. It is occupied by an old 
soldier in uniform, who has been employed 
to protect the General from intrusion by 
strangers. 

General Grant was on the piazza of his 
cottage at noon, but after awhile he returned 
to his room. The swelling on the General's 
throat is not abated to-day, and his rest last 
night was aided by morphine, without which 
the doctor said he could not have slept. 

During his morning airing upon the 
piazza of his cottage. General Grant slowly 
and with the aid of his cane walked around 



treated, and the physician complied with his 
wish. The General then stretched himself 
upon his bed, and the doctor and nurse went 
awaj' to gain needed rest. 

Dr. Douglas has this evening telegraphed 
Dr. Sands to come here by the first train 
tomorrow. 

AFTER HIS REST, 

about three o'clock, and while his physi- 
cians and nurse were asleep, the Gen- 
eral drew his silk hat over his skull 
cap, signaled Harrison to his side, and 
walked down the cottage steps. He walked 
slowly along the pathway over an easy slope 
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jards awav. Several times he paused to 
rest, and "at length sat down on a rustic 
settee. When a chair was placed for his 
feet he rei«ioved the handkerchief from his 
mouth and 

ESSAYED TO SPEAK, 
■declining support for his feet, but liis 
voice was not audible, and the Gen- 
eral, recognizing the fact, shook his 
liead. The fact that a mess of frogs 
had been caught during tlie morning 
at one of the little mountain lakes near by 
was mentioned to the General, and he was 
asked if he would attempt to eat them. 
Again the General tried to speak, but the at- 
tempt did not result in words that were 
audible, and again he declined by shaking 
his head. His attention was directed to the 
monument that marks the surrender of Bur- 
goyne, twenty miles away, but the elevation 
of his head to gaze so far away seemed pain- 
ful, and his head bowed, 

HIS CHIN DROPPED 
To his breast and his eyes rested on nearer ob- 
jects. The neck and diseased portions are 
strained, and pain loUows when he holds his 
head erect. Five minutes passed while the 
General sat on the blulf, and then he arose 
by steadying himself vvith the arm of the 
settee and his cane, and retraced his steps to 
the cottage. 

No one was more surprised at the Gen- 
eral's walk than Dr. Douglas. He was 
amazed that the General should have at- 
tempted it, but was amused by his selecting 
the time when the doctor was asleep to steal 
over and take a peep from the bluff. Later 
in the afternoon Dr. Douglas, in referring 
to the General's actual condition in con- 
nection with his walk, expressed himself thus: 
"The disease is following its characteristic 
course, which is a course of steadily 
INCREASING EXHAUSTION. 
We do not look for a cure from this 
change. Nothing can be curative, but 
we hope to prolong his life, and that is 
the most that can be expected. Under the 
€xhilerating effect of this atmosphere and of 
this cool day he has, for instance, walked 
over there to" the knoll. He might do that 
easily and not be able to do the same to- 
morrow or next day. The course of the dis- 
ease is, as I said, one of increasing debility." 

When Gen. Grant reached his cottage 
after his walk to the brow of the mountain 
this afternoon he was much exhausted, and 

SANK INTO A CHAIR 
in the parlor of the cottage. Very 
soon he indicated by signs that he wante"d 
some writing materials, which were pro- 
cured for him, and he then wrote for 
nearly half an hour. The result was two 
letters or papers. One was headed "Memo- 
randa for mv family." In it the General had 
written tha't he thought he was failing, and 
for certain instructions that he desired 



carried out, he referred his family to other 
and more definite momoranda prepared by 
him before leaving New York. The other 
note he folded and addressed to Dr. Douglas. 
He handed both the papers to Col. Fred. 
Grant, and that addressed to the physician 
is understood to have been of similar import 
as that to the familv. 

The alternoon wore away with the Gen- 
eral sitting outside on the piazza after having 
written as stated. The sunset found him 
still on the piazza, and when dusk deepened 
on the east side of the mountain he was yet 

SITTING SILENTLY 
on the porch at one side of the front 
door of the cottage. When lamps were 
lighted inside and the light streamed out 
into the growing darkness the sick man 
was yet outside, though the air was chill and 
a stiff breeze was swaying the pine tree tops. 
Col. Fred. Grant and Dr. Douglas were 
near at hand. At length, after 8 o'clock, the 
General went inside the cottage, and Dr. 
Douglas wrote and sent a message to Dr. 
Sands in New York. He asked him to come 
here, if possible, to-night. At 9 o'clock the 
General retired, and Dr. Douglas then 
thought that his throat and neck appeared bet- 
ter than on Tuesday night. It is possible that 
the General's walk "this afternoon tested his 
waning strength too far, and the reaction has 
brought to him a sense of weakness that he 
himself feels as not to be lightly disregarded. 
Whether his weakness tonight is the im- 
mediate result of undue exertion to-day, or 
whether it is the weakness of the reaction 
after his journey, is a question that the 
doctors may presume to answer. At 10 
o'clock the General seemed to be sleeping in 
his room. The family at that hour, as 
during the entire evening, were gathered in 
the parlor, and Dr. Douglas was with them 
for the night. At 11 o'clock they retired 
and the cottage was dark. Dr. Sands leaves 
New York at 11 o'clock to-night, and will 
reach here in the morning. 

MIDNIGHT. 
A dim light is burning in one of the sleeping- 
rooms. The General's room and that of the 
doctor are dark, with the house quiet. No 
change in the General's condition has been 
announced since. 

At 1:15 A. M. the Associated Press repre- 
sentative saw Dr. Douglas at the cottage. 
He said the General slept at once alter 
settling down at 9 o'clock. At 10 p. M. he 
awoke, and afterward dozed until i A. M., 
when the nurse aroused the doctor. He 
cleared the General's throat, painted it with 
cocoaine, gave him food and tried his pulse, 
which was firm and regular. The General 
was no weaker than at 6 p. M. The Gen- 
eral, when he felt himself weaken in the 
evening, told Dr. Douglas he cared to have 
no other doctor called, but that Dr. Doug- 
las might do as he chose, whereupon Dr. 
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Dr. Douglas feels no apprehension for to- 
night. 

2 A. M.— The cottage is quiet and dark. 

JUNE 18. 

Gen. Grant's condition is not materially 
changed from that of yesterday. Dr. 
Sands arrived this morning, and at noon 
he and Dr. Douglas were with Gen. 
Grant. After Dr. Douglas had attended 
Gen. Grant at i o'clock this morning, the 
General fell asleep and slept the greater part 
of the time until 5 o'clock. Then Dr. 
Douglas again treated his throat with co- 
coaine and left him to dose, which he 
did until 8 o'clock. He was dressed at lo 
o'clock, but remained indoors, and at noon 
had not appeared outside. The physician 
said that the General's condition this morn- 
ing was not worse than yesterday so far 
as related to the local trouble. The Gen- 
eral's voice, he thought, was somewhat im- 
proved this morning. The loss of his voice 
has been a cause of despondency with Gen. 
Grant since Sunday last. Yesterday morn- 
ing he could make himself heard with words, 
Init when, as the day advanced, his voice 
again completely failed, the General grew 

VERY DESPONDENT. 
This, added to the bad results of too much 
exercise yesterday, and both of these sup- 
plemented by exti-fiiie mental anilatioii hitc 
in the afternoon ami e\ ruin-, ruinisli llie .■■;- 
planation of the note !.. hw i.,,i,ilv and |.h> -i- 
cians, and the grouiul ..i, which Dr. Douglas 
sinnmoned Dr. Sands to come. Dr. Sands 
arrived at 11:30 this morning, and he and 
Dr. Douglas are now (1:30 p. M.) with the 
General. 

Drs. Douglas and Sands finished their ex- 
amination of the General's throat at 12:45 
o'clock. The General then appeared on the 
piazza, where the family were awaiting him 
to sit with them and have a 

FAMILY PICTURE TAKEN. 
After sitting lor the picture the General 
remained on the piazza reading the morn- 
ing papers. In the meantime the doc- 
tors were in consultation. They had found 
the General's pulse to be 72. Dr. Sands 
found no particular change in the condition 
of the throat since Sunday, and both the 
doctors believe there is no immediate danger 
of death. 

Seven hours of 

REFRESHING SLEEP, 
the usual taking of liquid, the absence of 
unusual pain, quiet of body, and no un- 
usual mental strain, constitute the record 
lor General Grant from g o'clock Wednes- 
day night to 5 o'clock this afternoon. The 
fatigue that followed his unwise exertion in 
walking yesterday was a warning which so 
good a patient as Gen. Grant will not let go 
unheeded. Mindful of this he has passed a 
quiet day. Physically to what degree his 
mind has been active is knowledge held only 
by the General, though the doctors would be 



glad to share such knowledge, as his mental 
and physical condition last evening were 
running nearly level. So feeble and trem- 
bling was the General's body that even his 
sturdy pluck seemed to weaken. He was dis- 
traught in mind, 

DISCOURAGED AT HEART 
and weak in body, and because of this wrote 
the letters to his phvsicians and fainilv which 
he would gladly rec'all to-day. But while un- 
usual temporary weakness" may have oc- 
casioned the General's despondency on 
Wednesday evening, he knows and has 
within a week expressed to a near friend his 
own assurance that he is 

CONSTANTLY GROWING WEAKER 
and more exhausted, and he was not de- 
ceived in this, and no etfort was made lo 
lead the General to a false hope. He was 
last week frankly told that he was fading out, 
and that at the end he would probably pass 
away peacefully of heart lailure. When the 
main spring of vitality had uncoiled, and 
when the physical machinery had 1 iin down, 
it would stop. Such is the General's antici- 
pation of the end, which he calmly realizes is 
not a long way distant, and impossible to 
avert. His courage sank to a low ebb, and, 
realizing the pow^erful influence of the mind 
upon phvsical conditions such as obtain now 
in Gen. Grant's case, Dr. Douglas sunnnoned 
Dr. Sands. The latter came and found no 
alarming symptons, saw the General in bet- 
ter spirits,' and at 5:30 this evening started 
back to New York. 

Temporary influences may render the Gen- 
eral again and at any time 

APPREHENSIVE 
and a following day inay see his spirits re- 
stored, but all the while the vicious sore upon 
his tongue is deepening, and as it progresses 
so does the General's vitality wane. He has 
full knowledge of this, and that knowledge 
will at all times be a background against 
which may appear temporary changes for 
better or worse to arouse public inteiest. but 
such changes can not at any time deceive 
the sick man, nor obscure the certainty that 
dissolution is each dav nearer. While on 
the piazza this afternoon Gen. Grant shook 
hands with Dr. M. Babcock, brother of the 
late Gen. O. E. Babcock and with a wave 
of the hand presented him to Drs. Douglas 
and Sands, to whom the visitor further in- 
troduced himself. Dr. Newman and Jesse 
Grant arrived this afternoon. 

JUNE 19. 
It was after 10 o'clock this morning 
when Gen. Grant was aroused for the 
day. He slept well after the doctor at- 
tended him, shortly after inidnight, and he 
dosed through the morning. Dr. Douglas 
this morning used these words, after having 
examined his patient: "The General's voice 
is audible this morning. He seems very 
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the irritation inside is slight. To sum up, 
his condition is very good; better than a 
week ago. I think "tlie change is going to 
benefit him." 

AT NOON 
the General, just after being dressed, 
walked out on the piazza and joined Dr. 
Newman and the family, who again sat 
for a family picture. The entire family is 
now here at the cott.ige. The General made 
his first appear.ince for the day at noon, 
\yhen he sat on the veranda for an hour. 
He then retired to his room, after having 
been photographed with his family around 
him. Dr. Douglas says the General is com- 
paratiyely well to-day. 

Late in the afternoon Judge Hilton and 
son came up from Saratoga, and sat with the 
General and family upon the piazza more 
than an hour. Dr. Gr.iy, of the Insane 
asylum at Utica was also a visitor of 
the General's during the afternoon. Dr. 
Gray is an exceedingly stout man, and Gen- 
eral Grant wrote upon a card which he 
handed to his caller this bit of grim humor: 
"Your shadow has grown no less since I last 
saw vou, but you will noiice that mine has." 
The "doctor laughed and the General faintly 
smiled. The little engine of the Mount 
McGregor railway pulled up the mountain 
two cars full of people 

FROM SARATOGA. 
A number had come up on the morning train 
and many strolled down the paths by the 
cottage, and while the General, Judge Hilton 
and Drs. Gray and Douglas formed a group 
on the front corner of the piazza, the sight- 
seers formed groups among the trees at a re- 
spectful distance. The unavoidable weari- 
ness caused by visitors to the General was 
not wanting to-dav, though not effecting him 
to a marked degree. Miss Drexel, the 
young mistress of the cottage, came up on 
an afternoon train and spent the interval un- 
til the time of the returning train with the 
ladies on the piazza, and at times the Gen- 
eral lent his presence to the party. The 
sick man's right ear, the side of the glandular 
swelling, was to-day filled with cotton to 
protect the ear, which is sensitive through 
sympathy with the local difficulty. The 
General coughed occasionally to-day, though 
his cough was not unusually troublesome. 
A four-iiorse team tugging a huge boiler up 
the hill to the hotel was intently watched by 
the sick man from his place on the stoop 
during the day. All in all, however, the 
General was riot out of doors so much as 
yesterday. 

THIS F.VENING 
no noticeable variation of the conditions that 
prevailed on Thursday have been noted. 

Gen. Grant spent this evening upon the 
cottage piazza until nearly 9 o'clock, and 
when he entered the house he walked into 
the front room, where he wrote a note for 
Col. Fred. Grant, calling attention to certain 



matters he desired attended to m connection 
with the work on his book. This symptom 
of reviving interest in this work is regarded 
by the family to-night witli pleasure. About 
10 o'clock Dr. Douglas retired. There had 
been no coughing alter the General entered 
the house. The doctor demonstrated his as- 
surance of a good night by going to bed so- 
early, and the tamily were equally confident. 
Midnight. — The cottage is quiet and dark, 
except as'to the usual liyht in the General's 
room. 

FROM THIS D.\TE 
the General seemed to slowly improve 
for a month, with occasional bad days, 
due to meteorological influences chiefly. 
His marvelous will power, supplemented 
by the strengthening influences of the 



air, gav 



faint 



lope that he 



might yet conquer the dreadful disease tha 
was wasting his vitality. The days inter- 
vening between the arrival at Mount 
McGregor and July 22d, were eventful ones 
in the history of the great soldier. He was 
being constantly assured in every possible 
form of tender expressions of the great love 
and reverence in which he was held by the 
nation, and in great solicitude the whole 
people watched for the daily reports from 
Drexel cottage. It was during this interim 
that Gen. Grant said, or rather wrote, and did 
man3' things which will go down with time 
as gems in a life so full of greatness. 
Among these was his 

FAMOUS INTERVIEW 
with ex-Confederate Gen. Simon B. BucKner 
on July loth. In this Gen. Grant showed how 
his"broad and generous nature responded to 
the tribute of love and admiration which the 
nation had given him both North and South. 
He seemed to yearn for a complete and lasting 
restoration of' iVaternal feeling between the 
North and the South, and wished all to 
throw over the history of an angry past the 
mantle of charity and peace, even as he 
himself had done." His summary of the past 
and future was admirably expressed to Gen. 
Buckner as follows: 

'We may now well look forward to a per- 
petual peace at home and a natural strength 
that will screen us against any foreign compli- 
cations. I believe myself that the war was 
worth all it cost us," fearful as that was. 
Since it was over I have visited every state 
in Europe and a number in the East. I 
know now, as I did not before, the value of 
our institutions." 

DISCUSSING DEATH C.A.LMLY. 

When Gen. Grant became convinced of 
the fatal character of his illness he set about 
to prepare his worldly aftairs in anticipation 
of the end. He felt, when the arrangements 
for taking him to Mount McGregor were 
in progress, that he would not return alive 
to New York. Shortly before his departure 
he prepared explicit directions in regard to 
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or two of the familv knowing of it. His ob- 
ject in not acquainting the others with the 
occurence was based on the motive that 
governed him throughout his sickness — a de- 
sire to save them pain. He knew to what 
tension their nerves had been strained by 
what they saw, and it seemed to be his chief 
concern to spare them distress beyond that. 
Vet in the arrangement of his plans a deeper 
motive than this olten appeared. Having 
reconciled himself to death, besought to bring 
those dear to him to a realization of the stern 
event that was approaching, and to do it in a 
way that would blunt the shock whenever it 
might come. It was clear from many things 
he said and wrote that he would like to dis- 
cuss with his family the subject of his de- 
parture—to discuss it as a journey on which 
he was to precede them. The prospect was 
gloomy to him only so far as it was to carry 
with it distress to his family. Death in it- 
self had no terrors. So lar as his feelings 
were concerned, he looked forward to it 
rather as a relief. He knew perfectly well 
that his disease was incurable, and that at 
best he could only linger and sufter. tortured 
by constant pain, teeling his strenytli ebb 
and his flesh wa^te. He could control in a 
measure- si'.;ii^ oi his suftering, but its physi- 
cal iLsiilt- \\fn- apparent. And knowing 
and Icihiii^cill iliis, to which others could not 
be \\iioily blimi, he considered it his duty to 
prepare t'lieni lor the end, and to get them to 
enter intu his spnit of submission, as 
though it were an event to be deplored, per- 
haps, but not shunned, and, as it was in- 
evitable, to be discussed calmly. 

HIS WISHES 
in this respect were not met. When- 
ever he broached that subject it was the 
occasion either of painful outbursts of 
grief or of efforts on the part of the family to 
divert his mind from the subject, to hold'out 
encouragement, to strive to rebuild hope 
within him. Such repulses, although well 
meant, had a depressing eifect upon him. 
Instead of allaying his wish to make his 
plans complete, and to bring the family to 
the state of composure that he had attained, 
it stimulated his longing for sympathetic in- 
terest in this matter. He did not see, since 
death was certain, why it should not be 
talked of, whenever occasion might prompt, 
as freely as anything else, that might involve 
arrangements.' The family abhorrence of 
suggestions of that nature curbed, but did not 
subdue the inclination of his mmd. This re- 
straining influence accounts for the secret 
preparation of his memoranda before he left 
New York, and had he not believed himself 
to be di ing on the day after his arrival, it is 
doubtful if the family would have heard of 
such memoranda. ' That painful family 
scene of June 17, consequent upon the memo- 
randa he wrote at'ter the unfortunate walk to 
the top of the hill, was precipitated because 
when he went to his room that night it was 
with the expectation of not leaving it. The 



next da^-, having recovered somewhat from 
the hopeless feeling that had oppressed him 
the night before, he could not resist the 
pleadings of 

TEARFUL FACES, 
And, to prevent further distress, he confessed 
to regret that he had touched the subject. 

Yet the desire to bring it up and to make it 
something for calm contemplation was not 
quenched. On June 24, just one week 
after the 

"memoranda for my family" 

episode, and when he seemed to be getting 
along fairly, he stepped into the office room 
early in the evening and handed to Col. 
Grant a slip of paper on which was written 
substantially this: 

'■There are three places from which I 
wish a choice of burial place to be made: 

" IVest Point. — I would prefer this above 
others but for the fact that my wife could 
not be placed beside me there. 

"Galena, or some />/ace in Illinois— Be- 
cause from that State I received my first 
General's commission. 

'^New Tork. — Because the people of that 
city befriended me in my need." 

When he had delivered this slip to the 
Colonel he walked back into the sick room. 
In a few minutes he reappeared, walking 
round in front of the Colonel. 

"I don't like this, father," the son said, 
holding out the slip. 

"What is there about it you don't like .'" 
asked the General, in his husky whisper. 

"I don't like any of it. There is no need 
of talking of such'things." 

The General took the slip, folded it, tore 
it lengthwise, across, and again, until the 
pieces were so small that hardl3' a word 
could have been made out from any of them, 
and throwing them in the waste basket, went 
back to his room without speaking. 

This was the first time the General indi- 
cated any wish in regard to his burial. The 
family, however, had done something to- 
ward it in April, when he was supposed to 
be dying. At that time, while some of them 
had not abandoned hope, the matter was dis- 
cussed as a possibility. It was agreed that 
if he should die there" would be little time, in 
the confusion sure to prevail, to decide on 
that matter. Correspondence was accord- 
ingly opened with Gen. Sheridan, who 
thought as did many others, that at the 

soldiers' home 

in Washington would be the best place for 
burial, because the General saved that city; 
and arrangements were made to take his 
body there. 

During the few days following the pre- 
paration of the burial memoranda by the 
General. 

ALARMING FEATURES 
in his malady were manifested. There was 
not unusal pain or sleeplessness. On the 
contrary, the comparative absence of pain 



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was a cause for anxietv. By such absence 
was meant tliat the twinges of agony that for 
months had daily darted through his neck, 
like needles whicli not only pricked, but 
gashed, subsided, leaving simplv an aching, 
gnawing sensation at the base of the disease. 
It was thought when the sharp pains stopped 
without checking the diseases, that perhaps 
susceptibility to pain in extreme form had 
been lost. But it was not on physical 
signs alone that alarm was raised. Rather 
was it because the General seemed then 
about to resign himself to death. To such a 
degree did appreliension grow among the 
gentlemen of the household, including the 
doctor, that whenever a fit of coughing at- 
tacked the General, there was a thrill of 
dread that it might be his last, and from the 
way the Geneial acted, rather than from 
anything he said, it was then thought that he 
fell as they did. 

From the beginning of his visit, indeed, he 
showed a full appreciation of his condition 
in all its phases. The alarm with which July 
was ushered in led to a very slight rally, 
which was directly traceable to the assertion 
of his will power.' Reports of his condition 
had been made so distressing to the family 
that he sought this way of changing them, 
assuming an activity to which his strength 
was hardly equal, but to which, happily, for 
a dav or two his physical powets rose re- 
sponsive to his will. This effort accomplished 
what it had set out to do, but there were 
those to whom the General made no secret 
of what it had cost liim. It left him feebler 
than before, but determined to betray no 
further anxiety for the sake of his family. 
The ladies, f/om his brave manner and his 
cheery notes, were quite ready to persuade 
themselves against hope. If they did not be- 
lieve he could recover — that was almost be- 
yond the belief of any one— they gathered 
assurance that his life would be prolonged 
tor weeks, and possibly for months. The 
doctors and the sons were not misled by 

BR.WE APPEARANCES, 
nor did the General try to mislead them. 
He knew that he could not discuss with them 
the subject of death, and so avoided it, but it 
did not escape him that they saw his growing 
diffidence, his wearine'S, his disposition to 
be left alone, to keep his room, caring less 
and less for outdoors, for his book, for the 
things that formerly excited his interest. 
He knew that they saw him wasting before 
their eves, and that they construed all the 
signs as intelligently as he did. His cheerful 
notes to the doctor during this failing period 
raised the spirits of the ladies, and they 
talked of some relaxation from the strain and 
confinement of cottage life under such cir- 
cumstances, but a warning from the doctor 
that thev might regret even short absence 
put an end to such plans, and they declined 
■many invitations to visit friends at Saratoga. 
This' was the only indication of Mrs. Sartoris 
and the other young ladies of the family of a 



distrust in their hope of a prolongation of 
the General's life. To all appearances they 
inclined strongly to the steadfast belief of 

MRS. GRANT, 
that the end was yet far off. She went 
much further, indeed, clinging to faith in 
his ultimate recovery. Yet, although her 
conviction was strong, it took little to over- 
power her. It was the General's wish, 
created bv the April crisis, to prepare her for 
the inevitable. The subject was exceedingly 
diflicult of approach with her. because of her 
particularly emotional temperament. Up 
to the April crisis she was purposely kept in 
ignorance of the gravity of the case, partly 
because the General wished it. She was 
overcome when the truth was disclosed to 
her, but,\vith Christian faith and zeal, on the 
night when the doctors said he had but five 
minutes to live, she roused herself, and, lay- 
ing hands on the General, offered prayers in 
his behalf. She always believed that he 
tided that crisis in response to her prayer. 
Afterward, whenever dangei- threatened, she 
applied the same means of relief, persistently 
crediting recovery from downward turns to 
supernatural intervention as solicited by her. 
Her faith in this w\is boundless. It pained 
and grieved her to have others suggest that 
his condition was hopeless. Especially did 
she give way to her emotion when the Gen- 
eral tried to prepare her. The indulgence 
of grief was naturally frequent. It was 
due, however, to the amiability of her nature 
and her ready sympathy rather than to 
shaken fai'h, for "despite the gloomy faces 
that at times surrounded her, she was quick 
to rise equal to her convictions. 

An illustration of the tenderness of her 
feelings and ol her quick recovery of faith 
occuried in the early days of July. One 
evening, as the General sat in the parlor 
with the family, the Colonel mentioned 
having that day received a letter from Web- 
ster & Co., the publishers of the memoirs, 
saying that subscriptions to the book already 
guaranteed !|;300,ooo to the General. Taking 
up his pad, the General wrote: 

"That will be all for you, Julia," and 
handed the slip over to Mrs. Grant. 

She began to cry. and could not be calmed 
for. some time, that evening she regained 

COURAGE IN PRAYER, 
and the next morning she talked as hope- 
fully as ever of the General's recovery. 

""I have seen the General in trouble be- 
fore," she often said. "Those about me were 
despondent over him durins: the war. The 



newspaper; 



lends did not believe 



ike Vicksburg. They were 
skeptical about what he could do in Virginia. 
But no one knew him as I did. I was al- 
ways confident that he would succeed. I 
am equally sure he will come out of this 
trouble, for the old faith sustains me." 

The General found no one to whom he 
could open his mind on the subject of death 
until Senator Chaffee came to spend the 



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Fourth with him. Senator Chaffee did not 
repulse him, or seek to divert him from what 
he saw was uppermost in his mind. They 
were together a good deal and talked over it 
freely. The General wrote that early in his 
disease he hoped for recovery, but that now 

NO SPARK OF HOPE 
ever brightened his existence, and he wanted 
the end to come; delay was only irksome to 
him. 

''You feel as I would," Senator Chaffee 
responded. "You can do nothing, and you 
suffer alsvays. If you hadn't this disease, but 
were now well, you could hope to live only 
a few years longer. You and I are past 
sixty. Our race is about run. We can 
live on little more than memories at our age. 
What diffeience can a few years make .'" 

In conversation such as this the two friends 
passed much of their time together. It was 
the thing for which the General had been 
hungering. There was nothing melancholy 
or dispiriting about it, but it forecast the end 
soberly, calmly, and as something, by no 
means dreadful, that was to occur in natural 
course. The General expressed to his 
friend a regret that he could not bring his 
family to that philo'^nphii- view of it. Sena- 
tor Chaffee agreed with liini that it was a 
matter of regrei, but advised him not to al- 
lude to it with the familv, unless he thought 
it could be done without distressing them. 

ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 5, 
while this advice was vet fresh in his mind, 
the General wrote his pin sicinn a short 
note, which clearh- anticipated the end, 
under an appearaiic- oi shielding the physi- 

he believed nature, meaning his surroimd- 
ings, had done much lor him; tliat meoical 
skill had been supplied in the highest tiegree. 

patiently the natural result of the disease. 
This was not the first time that the General 
had intimated to his devoted attendant that 
he understood the hopelessness of his condi- 
tion; but it was the first time the doctor, 
tVom the General's maner and expression as 
much as from the note, saw that the General 
realized that auvdav might be his last. No 
one was more mindful than the General of 
tlie significance of his growing weakness and 
diffidence. 

The completion of work on his book 
knocked awav from the General a prop 
that had sustained him through many re- 
verses. His first feeling was of relief. He 
was glad that it was over. It was especially 
fortunate, he thought, that this work was 
disposed of before the meeting with the 
Mexican editors, on July 8. prostrated him. 
But when, by careful nursing and constant 
watching, he rallied from that fatigue in the 
following week, he became very despondent 
over his want of occupation. On the morn- 
ing of July i6, when Dr. Douglas visited 
him, the General wrote him a note which 



HIS LIFE WORK WAS DONE, 
and there was nothing more to keep him 
here. He did not want to seem unapprecia- 
tive of all that was done for him to make 
him comfortable, but his condition was such 
that he could only be a burden to others 
and of no use to himself. For these reasons 
he wished to go, and he hoped and felt that 
the end was near. 

It was this note that led Drs. Douglas and 
Shrady to try to find mental occupation for 
the General, and which resulted in laving 
out a plan of reading and writing for him. 
The suggestion seemed to please him, but 
he could not dispel the conviction that his 
life work was done and he could be of no 
more use. He kept a brave front before his 
family, but the well meant tasks set by the 
doctors appeared to the General as mere 
diversion, for which his taste was gone. So 
complete was the failure of the suggestions 
at first to appeal earnestly to him that on 
July iS, as Dr. Shrady was about to go 
away, having relieved ]lr. Douglass for 
seveVal days, the General wrote him a note 
s.iying that it was useless to think of maga- 
zine or other article writing, for he was past 
caring for such things, and did nof expect or 
want to live the month out. The doctor 
tried to cheer him up, advising him to enter- 
tain himself by reading, and that afternoon, 
at Mrs. Grant's request, an order was sent 
for "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" 
for the General. 

•Dr. Shrady relieved Dr. Douglas for four 
days. He had not seen the General for two 
weeks. The General in that time had notice- 
ably lost flesh, until he was a pitiable sight, 
and the doctor then foresaw that exhaustion 
would be the cause of death, not a visible 
eruption of the cancer, as had before been 
considered among the possibilities. Dr. 
Douglas was of the same opinion. Al- 
though always prepared for a relapse or a 
lovy turn for the General, he was not appre- 

parably leaving him until -.everal days after 
the General's note saving tliat his life work 
was done. The indications to Dr. Douglas 
on July 19 were that death would be pre- 
ceded by stupor. 

NEARING THE END. 
Beginngu-ithluK-oth, 



■ the I 



? dispatches 
lat life, and 



JULY 20. 
Last night was a good one for sleep, the 
thermometer at General Grant's cottage 
showing a fall of temperature to ''iS degrees. 
The General slept at intervals, and this 
morning, atter taking fooi. he wrote for Dr. 
Douglas that his rest during the night had 
been better than the average. 

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was wheeled in his chair to a point about 300 
vards iVoin the cottage, where there is a 
sweepiii'4 view iVom Saratoga lake lar north- 
ward between the Adirondacks and Green 
mountains. The return was by a very rough 
route, neccessitating the patient's removal 
from the chair and a climb ot some distance 
on foot. He reached the cottage completely 
exhausted, but was out on the piazza again 
in a couple 01' hours later. He retired at the 
usual hour and slept well up to midnight. 

JULY 21. 
The fatigue thatfoUowcd his rideyesterdav 
afternoon was so great that Gen. Grant 
slept eight hours of almost natural sleep 
curing the night. After taking food at 11 
o'clock he was awake scarcely an hour, and 
slept continuously and with good effect from 
midnight until after 4 o'clock this morning. 
At S o'clock he aroused, but he dozed 
through the forenoon. The pulse this morn- 
ing was more frequent and somewhat weaker 
than last night. 

T:io f. m — Gen. Grant is reported sinking. 
9 p. in. — Gen. Grant is sitting in the cot- 
tage parlor, his family and physician near 
and his nurse fanning him. 

11 o'clock.— '^o change at the cottage 
from the last bulletin. 
Though Gen. Grant was 

GREATLY EXH.A.USrED 
by the j )Uing ride in his bath-chair Monday 
afternoon, it was believed tliis morning that 
the eight hours of natural sleep obtained by 
hiin last night had restored a portion of the 
energy lost by him during his outing. The 
belief that the General had in a measure re- 
covered from his undue fatigue was supported 
by a relreshed and somewhat brighter ap- 
pearance. His pulse had scarcely the vol- 
ume at II o'clock last night, and as the 
morning wore on, the doctor thought he de- 
tected evidence of a feverish condition of the 
patient, but the forenoon was passing so 
quietlv as to give strength to the belief that 
the General was resting and further re- 
cuperating from the fatigue which had been 
undert.iken at his solicitation by his ex- 
pressed desire, and after an assurance by 
himself that his strength was equal to the 
accomplishment of his purpose, but toward 
noon there grew in the physician's mind a 
conviction, at the time expressed, that the 
dozing quietude of his patient was more 
that of extretne and growing lassitude than 
of restful repose. At midnight there was a 
slight change in the sick man's condition, 
which was marked by increased weakness and 
less cognizance of what was going on about 
him. This change was so slightly marked, 
however, that no unusual alarm was felt by 
the family, although it was deemed advisable 
to report the same to Dr. Douglas, who at 
the time was at the hotel. Accordingly 
Mr. Jesse Grant walked up the slope to speak 
to the doctor, who then came down to the 
cottage. The General was less quiet, though 
he desired rest. He informed the physician 



that he had declined alcoholic stimulants 
because he believeii thev served only to heat 
his svstem witlui.it imparting strength. He 
expressed himself as teeling that he could 
endure his condition of weakness only 

A SHORT TIME LONGER, 
and then requested the physician to ad- 
minister a hvpoderinic injection of mor- 
phine. Dr. Douglas was not much inclined 
to grant this request, because he believed the 
rest produced bv artificial means would too 
rapidly drain the vitality of the patient. 
Besides this, a lethargic tendency w.as de- 
veloping in the case, which also influenced 
the doctor against giving morphine, and 
more than this Dr. Dr. Douglas preferred 
that his patient should take food rather than 
opiates, and requested the General to do so. 
The sick man, however, declined, and in- 
sisted on the administration of morphine. 
At length, to satisfy hiin, Dr. Douglas ad- 
ministered a portion of morphine, which 
Gen. Grant believed to contain three minims 
of the drug. As a fact, that quantity was 
not adininistered. 

11:S0 p. OT.— Gen. Grant has just told his 
family that there is no necessity of their sit- 
ting up any longer to-night. There seems 
to have been 

A SECOND RALLY. 
Liquid was injected into the General's arin. 
Then the sick man grew more quiet, and 
seemed to sleep. The physician left the 
cottage and reported his patient exceedingly 
weak. The quietude, however, was not pro- 
tracted. It has since transpired that the 
General was attacked this forenoon with hic- 
coughs, and that this disturbing and rapidly 
weakening significant factor was present 
in the afternoon, and with added frequency. 
The sleep which followed the giving of mor- 
phine, as stated, w.is followed by renewed 
hiccoughing. Attempts were made, as the 
afternoon was waning, to give the General 
food. He joined in the endeavor, but the 
quantity retained was small. \Vhen the 
current of a goblet full of liquid was passing 
the General's throat, its own weight dis- 
tended the throat and the food passed down, 
but when the few mouthsful were being 
drained from the glass, the weight and full- 
ness of the liquid "was not sufficient to dis- 
tend the parts, and they closed, because the 
muscular power of the throat was insufficient 
to keep an open passage. The result was a 
season of choking and coughing, with the 
ejection of a portion of the liquid at the close 
of each attempt to administer food. The 
condition of the patient may be appreciated 
when it is known that within perhaps fifteen 
minutes after the attempt to administer 
nourishment to him, the General would sud- 
denly look up with a momentary expression 
of bewilderment, and inquire of his attendant, 
"When are ^'ou going to give me that food ?*' 
1 a. ;».—' Dr. Douglas 'states at this hour 
that since his rally Gen Grant has received a 
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brightened him. His pulse is now quite 
regular and showed some firmness. He is 
now awalie and 

PERFECTLY CONSCIOUS. 
■ The rally, however, was made without any 
stimulants. Indeed, the General refused it. 
An effort is being and will be made to tide 
over the General until the arrival of U. S. 
Grant, jr. 

The afternoon was sultry and almost 
breathless, with the thermometer registering 
as high as S5 deg. There were no reviving 
elements in the atmosphere, and the sun 
went down after a day of stifling discomfort, 
even to the persons in good health. The 
General remained in his room, and was not 
dressed during the day. He did not move, 
■except to rise when the pillows, kept con- 
stantly beneath him to prevent bed-sores, 
were "beaten up and aired. Several times he 
walked feebly to the cot in the sick room 
while his resting place was being thus aired 
and freshened. So the afternoon wore on, 
and at 6 o'clock Dr. Douglas came to the 
hotel to dinner. The Grant family were 
then dining. Dr. Newman came up the 
mountain on the train arriving at 6:15 p. m. 
He joined the General's family at their 
tables, and Di. Douglas reported the Gen- 
eral's condition. He said the patient was in a 

CRITICAL CONDITION 
and he would hazard no prediction of the 
future, not even of the night. Dinner con- 
cluded. Dr. Newman and Dr. Doughis re- 
turned to the cottage. A light breeze had 
sprung up with the going down of the sun, 
and the hope was expressed tUat the cooling 
air of the evening might revive the patient. 
Col. Fred. Grant had been at the cottage 
but a little while after his return from din- 
ner, when he was said to have expressed the 
belief that his father would 

NOT SURVIVE THE NIGHT. 
The family was conscious that a critical 
season was near, and suspense and illy con- 
cealed • anxiety prevailed in the cottage. 
Col. Grant gave orders that all manuscripts 
and literary effects at the cottage should at 
once be packed up and made safe, as no 
more work on the General's memoirs would 
probably be done there. Twilight was 
deepening into dusk when hurried move- 
ments were observed within the cott.age. Ser- 
vants flitted from room to room. Dr. Doug- 
las was with the patient and the family 
at alternate intervals, and some event seemed 
imminent. The nurse was seen to wheel 
one of the General's large chairs from the 
sick room to the cottage parlor. Dr. Doug- 
las and Col. Fred Grant soon supported 
the sick man from his apartment, and 
settled him in the great chair that the nurse 
had cushioned with pillows. Mrs. Grant 
took a place beside her husband and fanned 
him almost incessantly. Dr. Douglas, when 
questioned, said the General had been 
brought into the parlor so that he might 



benefit by free air, but thought the sick man 
was coherent. When he spoke in whispers 
he spoke but little, and 

WAS SINKING SURELY. 
The dusk had given way to darkness. The 
General, seeming to take little note of oc- 
currences about him, still sat with his face 
to the door, while the nurse and Mrs. Grant 
waved fans before his face. Critical mo- 
ments were passing. U. S. Grant, jr., was 
summoned by wire, and all felt the end 
might at any time occur. General Giant 
whispered to Dr. Newman shortly before 9 
o'clock, and asked him to offer prayer. The 
clergyman knelt beside the General and of- 
fered prayer, while the family and physician 
stood about with bowed heads. For an 
hour the patient's pulse was fluttering and 
weak, but soon after g o'clock it steadied and 
grew a shade firmer. Then he lowered his 
feet and crossed his knees. Next he raised 
his hand to his face and rested his cheek 
against it. 

Dr. Douglas was beside him, and as 
these changes took place, he glanced up 
significantly into the faces of the family 
grouped about the chair. Finally, as the 
hour of 10 o'clock diew near. General Grant 
looked up and spoke to his daughter Nellie, 
Then he indicated a purpose to write, and 
did so. These were instructions for his 
family. Handing one note to Colonel Fred., 
the General looked up into his face with his 
large eyes that had in them a pitiful expres- 
sion. "I have already attended to that, 
father," returned the "Colonel, as he bent 
over the General. The General addressed 
other members of the family. The pulse 
was growing steadier, and the night had 
passed beyond 11 o'clock, and a half hour 
later the sick man demonstrated that he is 
General to the last. The family were sit- 
ting on the piazza or standing near the 
windows or entrances. The General beck- 
oned Dr. Douglas to his side. "Tell them 
all to go to bed," he whispered," and then 
added: "There is no earthly use of their 
sitting up any longer." Dr. Douglas walked 
out on the piazza and delivered this message 
of command. It was obeyed by all except 
Colonel Grant, who will remain up during 
the night. 

At midnight the cottage was quiet. 

JIT LY 22. 
B.-OO a. m. — The actual condition of the 
patient is pronounced unchanged since the 
last bulletin, except that General Grant is 
said by Dr. Douglas to be growing weaker. 
Some food has been taken and retained this 
morning. The patient is sitting with slightly 
inclined head, conscious and clear of mind. 
Dr. Douglas has sent for Dr. Sands. Dr. 
Douglas anticipates the end during the day 
or evening. The early morning hours at 
the Grant cottage were cool and refreshing 
on the veranda, where the incandescent 
electric lamps were burning all the night. 
The thermometer marked at 2:00 o'clock 



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this morning 72 deg. This was the equable 
temperature maintained in the sick room 
while General Grant remained in New York, 
and to it \v,is this morninsj added the sweet 
>niell Ir.im pine trees that bend over the 

A GENTLE BREEZE, SWEET AND DELICIOUS, 
suept miles and miles down the valley and 
Irom the mountains. It stirred the curtains 
on tlie window, near which sat the sick man, 
and it fanned his lace more gratefully than 
could ilie careful hands that were waiting 
near. Betwcn 2;oo and 3:00 A. M. the gray 
tmt of another day crept up the horizon 
beyond the Green mountains, perhaps the 
last earthly day of the sick man sitting 
within the cottage parlor. About and around 
the cottage all was still and quiet, except for 
the occasional twitter of souje belated bird 
in the birches or pines. Occasionally Henry, 
the nurse, walked out on tlie piazza for 
fresher air and a glimpse of the night. Once, 
at nearly 3:00 o'clock, Mrs. Grant, attired 
in a loose gown of while, came out upon the 
veranda and seated herself in one of the 
many deserted willow chairs that were 
scattered in groups about the piazza. Ten 
minutes she sat motionless, and away to the 
east the gray tint of another day had grown 
to a full promise. Her face rested against 
one hand, and she was evidently wrapped in 
thought. Suddenly there came a rattling, 
laboring cough from within. It was the 
General clearing the affected parts of his 
throat of mucus. Mrs Grant left the piazza 
quickly and seated herself by the General's 
side, slowly fanning the sick man's face. 
The coughing was not severe, but only in- 
cidental. Colonel Fred. Grant entered the 
room while the nurse was aiding the Gen- 
eral, and took a place at the side and behind 
his father. The morning had passed 3:00 
o'clock, and the time had come to adininister 
food. The nurse touched the shoulder of 
Dr. Douglas, as he lay asleep on a couch in 
the same room. He arose and administered 
food, and afterward cleansed the General's 
throat. As the physician laid aside his 
appliances 
GENERAL GRANT LEANED FORWARD IN 

HIS CHAIR 
and signified a desire that a lamp should be 
brought. The nurse fetched a, lamp and 
held it at the sick man's shoulder, and at 
that moiTient the General turned his face 
toward the light and upward to bid the 
nurse bring his pad and pencil. His wish 
was not at the instant undefstood, and turn- 
ing a trifle further, the General repeated his 
wish. The scene at the nioinent was a 
picture in shadows. As the flickering candle 
rays tell across the face of the General it 
became a grim Rembrandt with strong, 
rugged lines, liroken down by suffering and 
pain. On his head was the skull cap that at 
all times lends a startling eflect to the sick 
man's appearance, and beneath it straggled 
the hair that clung in 



SWEAT-MOISTENED LOCKS ABOUT THE 

EMACIATED NECK. 
A crimson serf had been thrown over the 
back of the General's chair, but as he leaned 
forward it drew across his shoulders, one 
end being gathered under his arm. A dark 
dressing gown covered the patient's attenu- 
ated form, and a handkerchief encircled his 
neck. The gray on the close-cut beard 
seemed white, and the lines on the cheeks 
and forehead were deep, indeed, and when 
the face was turned upward to speak the 
eyes seemed gra\er. too, and abnormally 
larger. They were clear and steady, show- 
ing that the General's reason was clearly 
at his command, but there was that wistful 
and yearning expression in them 
THAT MAKES WOMEN WEEP AND MEN 
GROW SYMPATHETIC. 

The General's face as he spoke appeared 
strained and drawn, but its color and full- 
ness were not such as would be expected af- 
ter such suffering and care. The lips moved 
heavily and the whisper was husky and low, 
but the nurse understood, and the pad and 
pencil were brought. Then, while the red 
light of the candle fell on his downcast face, 
he wrote, but only briefly. The slip was 
handed to Dr. Douglas, who at once turned 
it over to Colonel Grant, who had arisen and 
stood beside his mother at the General's side. 
It was a private family communication, and 
when finished the sick man resumed his half 
reclining position with his head slightly in- 
clined forward and his elbows on the sides of 
the chair, while the fingers on either hand 
were in1erlock.ed, each with the other, be- 
neath his chin. It was 4 o'clock, and 
THE PEAKS OF THE MOUNTAINS EAST- 
WARD 
were darkly outlined against the reddening 
dawn. The faint glow crept between the 
pines and birches through the cottage win- 
dow and tinged the sick man's cheek with 
the dawn of what is believed by the doctor 
to be his last day. At 5 o'clock Dr. Doug- 
las was aroused to send a summons for Dr. 
Sands. The General moved restlessly, and 
his eyes for a few moments gazed intently 
away through the trees. Then he settled 
down in his chair and dozed. 

The message to Dr. Sands was sent only 
that the responsibility of the case at the 
close of the night should be shared by the 
members of the tiiedical staff', and not'with 
the thought that any aid could be rendered 
by any person at that time or through the 
opening day. The General was given stim- 
ulants, but he grows weaker hour by houi. 
The morning is clear and the mercury at 11 
o'clock registered So deg. All visitors are 
to-day kept from the cottage, and a Sabbath 
day quiet prevails about the spot. Dr. 
Douglas and Dr. Newman are with the 
family, and the day is one of quiet waiting. 
The General sits as he did last night, his 
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nnd clear whenever lie speaks. U. S. Grant, 
ji-., is expeeted ihis al'tirnoon. The familj 
circle will then be complete. 

12:25 p. M. — The conditions are repoited 
unchanged since 9 o'clock, except the gradu- 
allv increasin<,' wt-iikness. 

'ip. ?«.— Dr. Douglas has just left the cot- 
tage. He sa\s the General sils with his 
head inclined forward and eyes closed the 
greater part ol the time. The jiul-e is \ery 
weak and tlultering. The patient once dur- 
ing the morning attempted to write, but suc- 
ceeded only in writmg the date, the ttl'ort 
being more than warranted hv the little re- 
maining strength. He has -poken at inter- 
vals, but his voice was very feeble. During 
the forenoon food was taken and retained. 
With the declining dav the physician be- 
lieves the General will also rapidly decline. 



2 p. w— Dr 



has 






tha 



and Dr. Newn, .■ - : r.^rd m the dark- 
ened room ne, 1 ■ .1 >, :ii.t. Observing 

their evident- ..■. 1. r:ii,.:. in,- General said: 
'•I do not want an\ body to be depressed on 
mv account." 

'3:20 p. ;h.— Dr. Sands and Dr. Shrady 
have just arrivi'd bv a special train, which 
also brought U. S. Grant, jr., and his wife. 
The newcomers repaired at once to the cot- 
tage, and it is likely that a conference of the 
medical men will soon be held. \o special 
change has occurred since last dispatch. 

A singular occurrence at the cottage has 
just been relateil by Dr. Newman, as having 
occurred in the cottage at i o'clock. At 
i:i:^£; General Grant asked the hour of dav. 
"One o'clock." spoke one of those near the 
General. Soon afterward the cottage clock 
chimed twelve strokes, and the General 
counted them. Then he wrote on the pad 
that he observed the clock was wrong, and 
indicated a desiie to have it struck to the 
right hour, which was done, and the incident 
passed as one more of the remarkable epi- 
sodes of the General's later sickness. There 
has been a recurrence of hiccoughs to-day. 

4 p. m. — The physicians met at once with 
Dr. Douglas in consultation. Having left 
the cottage, it was stated Drs. Sbrady and 
Sands had t'onnd General Grant in the criti- 
cally low condition already stated by Dr. 
Douglas, and alreadv announced in these 
dispatches. No one of the staff is willing to 
make anv prediction beyond twenty-four 
hours, which perioil it is deemed possible the 
General m.ay sur\ive, though the probabili- 
ties, as now indicated, are that a less space 
of time indicates the limit of the General's 
life. A change for the worse is anticipated 
as the day closes. The pulse is now over 
too. 

The developments of the General's weak- 
ness during the afternoon was not particu- 
larly noticeable from hour to hour. But be- 



tween 3 and 6 o'clock there was a clearly if 
not violently marked increase of weakness. 
At 3 I'. M. it was possible to ineasure the 
pulse lieais, but at 6 o'clock one of the phv- 
sicians stated that the 

PULSK BEATS COi:LD NOT BE COUNTED 
because ihey were frLCjueiit and so leeble 
During the afternoon ihe blood tide had so 
quickened that it more ra|iidly wore the sys- 

that 'the General ini^ht rally. The point 
was readied at 6 o'clock, wiien there was 
little to be expected tVom attempts to ad- 
minister food. Soon after 6 o'clock Harrison 
came up from the cottage and told Drs 
Sands and Shrady that Dr. Douglas desired 
to see them at tiie cottage. Thither went 
the doctors, remaining but a short time, and 
then coming again 10 the hotel. It is be- 
lieved that the condition of the patient was 
found to have been as stated above, and 
that while the temperature was nearly, if not 
quite, normal, the respirations were nearl3' 
thirty per miimte. The family dined in a 
private room set apart for their use in order 
that this ciitical time they might be secluded 
froiu the curious observations of many 
visitors and guests, with whom the General's 
condition iVom hour to hour had been the 
topic of the day. The closed and silent cot- 
tage had all da}' suggested mutely the enact- 
ment of the last scene in Gen. Grant's 
earthly existence, and upon guests and 
visitors had settled a sense of nearness of 
death, and there seemed a hush upon the 
mountain and with all those upon it. 

EXCITED PHYSICIANS. 

As the sun went doun,a cool breeze, as 
last night, sprang up, and again the laymen 
on the mountain endeavored to persuade 
themseUes and others that the cool night 
would bring renewed strength to the patient, 
and help him to rally through the night, but 
such was not the opinions of the doctors, 
who were prepared to attend the General's 
death-bed at a moments notice, or to wait 
through hours and into the night for the 
end. More than that, they were prepared to 
find the patient alive in the morning. 

At 7 o'clock, however, as the three physi- 
cians were at dinner, Harrison came to the 
hotel and called Dr. Douglas, who went 
out at once and alone to the cottage. Soon 
afterward another messenger from the cot- 
tage summoned Drs. Shrady and Sands, 
and they repaired to the cottage, closely fol- 
lowed by Dr. Newman. The exits of the 
doctors from the hotel were, however, 
so quietly ctfected that few knew they 
had been summoned to the cottage. 
Arrived there they found the General 
again evidently sinking. The General seemed 
restless. "Would you like to lie down, 
tather .'" asked Col. Fred. Grant, who no- 
ticed his father's restlessness. The General 
nodded, and at the same moment essayed to 
rise unassisted, but the effort was too great^ 



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and he ^anl< back into the chair, and the 
Colonel and nurse aided him to arise, and 
then supported him to the bed, where he was 
careiully lowered to a reclining position and 
partly on his tace. Dr. Douglas then rolled 
the chairs back, and one of the physicians 
has since remarked that the General has now 
lelt his chair for the last time. The belief 
is that General Grant has at length 
LAIN DOWN TO DIE. 

The family were all gathered at the side 
■of the sick man, and again Dr. Newman, at 
about the same hour as last night, and at 
Mrs. Grant's request, knelt beside the Gen- 
eral and prayed. Heads were bowed and 
silent, and tears were on the cheeks of the 
men as well as of the women. The doctois 
«tood somewhat apart and the family was near 
its fast sinking head, and then afte"r an hour 
•death seemed a little less rapidly gaining on 
the man it has pursued just nine months ago 
to-day, for it is just nine months to-day that 
Gen. Grant walked into Dr. Douglas's office 
to seek his professional aid tor cancer that 
has done what foes and war could not do. 
Then the doctors and clergymen strolled out 
upon the piazza and sat near the parlor win- 
dow, and Jesse Grant joined them at times, 
but the other members of the family re- 
mained in the sick room and watched and 
waited while the General answered ''Yes" 
and "No" to several questions. 

DR. DOUGLAS'S OPINION. 

Time passed slowly, indeed, and at length 
at 8:15 o'clock Dr. Douglas left the cottage. 

"How is it, doctor .'" was asked him. "He 
is dying," said the gray-haired physician. 

•'Will he live an hour," was asked again. 
"Oh, yes, and possibly more, but he is pass- 
ing away," was the response, and after a 
little time at the hotel, Dr. Douglas returned 
•to the cottage. 

At 9 o'clock the General's pulse was up to 
the point of 165 beats to the minute, and was 
fluttering. 

FALLING ASLEEP. 

After his rally and about g o'clock Gen. 
•Grant sank into a sleep that was described 
by a witness as the peaceful and beautiful 
sleep of a child. This condition, however, is 
not one to command confidence, for his 
pulse beats are still rapidly fluttering, and the 
respiration which normally is 14 to the 
minute, is now 44. 

At 10:30 o'clock, however, it was stated by 
reliable authority that the General was in a 
slightly better condition than two hours ago, 
-and qiiietcr, but as against any hopeful in- 
ference that miiht be drawn from this fact, 
is the other fact that from the present con- 
dition, which borders upon a lethargic state, 
the patient may quietly drift into final un- 
consciousness. During the evening the ex- 
tremities of the sick may have been cold, 
-and in the visible symptoms are signs that 
nature puts out when death is chilling the 
power. The General, as the night passes, 



seems suffering no pain, though the lines of 
the face are tensely drawn and furrows ot 
the brow are knitted as he lies upon the cot, 
beside which the family are constantly 
watching. 

AWAITING THE CRISIS. 
At II o'clock the General was not asleep. 
The hands and forearms were colder than 
two hours before, but the feet were not so 
much so. The pulse and respiration has not 
changed. The patient's mind was yet clear 
and comprehensive of events and utterance 
about him. Between 10 and 11 o'clock Dr. 
Slirady had accosted the General, and he an- 
swered in a husky voice, and promptly. 
Stimulants were being used, but sparingly, 
and there was expressed by medical authori- 
ty about II o'clock a belief that the closing 
crisis may occur either at I or 4 o'clock to- 
night. 

1 a. m. — The General remains in the same 
quiet condition. His pulse and respiration 
are unchanged, and there is a feeling that he 
may tide over the midnight season of weak- 
ness and until 4 a. m. Hypodermics of 
brandy are being used. 

At midnight bottles of hot water were 
placed at the General's feet to induce 
warmth, and mustard draughts were applied 
upon the stomach and breast to preserve the 
fiagfjing circulation. Dr. Sands is resting 
at the hotel, and Drs. Douglas and Shrady 
are at the cottage. 

2 a. m. — The family is astir at the cottage, 
though there are no visible indications that 
point to other conditions than at the time of 
the last bulletin. 

DYING. 
5 a. m. — General Grant is in a somnolent 
condition. The respirations have grown 
shallow and the General is no longer able to 
expectorate, because of weakness, which is 
increasing. There seems little possibility 
that the patient will survive the night. 

THE HERO FINDS REST. 

July 2S. — Surrounded by all of his family 
and with no sign of pain, General Grant 
passed from life at eight minutes after eight 
o'clock this morning. The end came with 
so little immediate notice as to be in the na- 
ture of a surprise. All night had the family 
been on watch, part of the time in the par- 
lor, where he lay, rarely venturing further 
away from him than the porch on which the 
parlor opens. There seemed no hope that 
death could be held off through the night. 
It was expected at 9 o'clock, again at about 
midnight, and again near 4 o'clock. There 
was serious failure at 9 o'clock and at mid- 
night, but not at 4 o'clock, and as day came, 
bringing but slight changes, the hope was 
that he might last till midday. 

The General did not speak even in a whis- 
per after 3 o'clock this morning. Before 
that it had been little more than an aspira- 
tion at any time of the night, and then only 
answers to inquiries. But when the respi- 



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ralion grew rapid and weak, all his powers 
thai de;>ended upon it failed him. His nor- 
mal respiration is under 20. It was quick 
during the evening, 44 at midnight, ^o at 
3 o'clock, and 60 at 5 o'clock. Then it be- 
came quite taint. 

He coughed somewhat after midnight, and 
was able, with tae doctor's aid, to dislodge 
the mucus and throw it oft", but from about 
3 o'clock he could neither dislodge it nor ex- 
pectorate, and it began to clog m his throat 
and settle back into his lungs. 

It was about 4 o'clock when the rattle in 
the throat began. For an hour or longer, 
Dr. Shrady, m the hope of easing, rather 
than of sustaining the General— as he was 
past that — had been giving hypodermics^ of 
brandy with great frequency, and applying 
hot cloths and nuistard to various parts of 



the body, espe 



the hands and 



ing very cold. 
It was sooTi evident t'liat the General was 
too far gone to be aided by stimulants. 
Then caine the 

WAITING FOR DEATH. 
The family had all been near the General 
through the' night. It was not kept from 
them that he was beyond saving. They 
moved quietly about the sick room and out 
on the porch. 

The General lay on the bed, his face 
leaden, yet with some warmth left in its hue. 
His eyes were closed. Power to open them 
had been restored to him, and it was occa- 
sionally invoked when some member of the 
family, or the doctor, or one of the attend- 
ants spoke to I'.im. Then he would open 
his eyes. He could make no other recogni- 
tion, but that of the eyes was clear. His 
lungs and pulse were failing, but there was 
yet no cloud on the brain. 

At about 4 o'clock Dr. Douglas, who had 
been resting a little at the cottage, joined Dr. 
Shrady at the sick bed. Dr. Sands, consid- 
ering himself of no use in the case, had gone 
quietly to bed at the hotel early in the even- 
ing, and was not disturbed. 

Dr. Douglas walked to the hill top after 
he had looked at the General. " He is con- 
scious," the doctor said; " that is, he has 
not lost his power of recognition. He 
breathes; his heart lives; his lungs live; 
his brain lives; and that is about all." 

At 5 o'clock, when Dr. Newman left the 
•cottage for a few moments, came word of 
rapid sinking, of the death rattle, of cold 
extremities, and of the discoloration of the 
finger nails. All was failing except the 
brain, which would be the last to die, the 
pastor said. 

■' For an hour past," he went on, "Mrs. 
Grant has been sitting with the General. 
When she speaks to him he opens liis eyes. 
She says little, and bears up wonderfully. 
As he is going, there is a change apparent 
in everything except his head. 

"the BRO.AD FOREHE.AD 
■"is as fine and commanding as ever. The 



head has not been seen to advantage m his 
sick chair, but now that he is recumbent it 
stands boldly out in the wrecK of body. It 
has reminded me over and over again to- 
night of the death mask of Peter the Great." 
While Mrs. Grant sat by the General, the 
other members of the family kept either in 
other parts of the room or on the porch, 
almost within whispering call. 1 hey did 
not care to risk annoyance to him' by group- 
ing about hiin before it became necessary. 

The rays of the morning sun fell across 
the cottage porch upon a family waiting only 
for death. 

The meinbers of the family had gone to 
their rooms about 7 o'clock, on the advice of 
Dr. Shrady that they seek rest. The Gen- 
eral lav perfectly still. He was yet conscious, 
but not alert. " There had been frequent 
visits. When attendants touched his hands, 
stroked his forehead or moistened his lips he 
did not heed them. At times he would open 
his eyes; the vision was clear, but there was 
no sign that he more than barely recognized 
the surroundings. Such had been his con- 
dition since 3 o'clock. The family took the 
doctor's advice and withdrew. The doctor 
said he would inform them instantly of 
any change. Dr. Douglas and Dr. Shrady 
remained at the bedside. They saw that the 
General was sinking, that he could not last 
long, yet the limit of his endurance could 
not be' fixed at 7:30 o'clock. They went out 
on the porch, and Dr. Sands, who had spent 
the night at the hotel, joined them. The 
Rev. Dr. Newman was there. Dr. Sands 
stepped to the bedside. The General's breath 
came in 

QUICK GASPS. 
He had no color. The hands lay white, 
limp and cold on the sheet that covered him. 
His wasted, feeble body could not bear 
heavier covering. The throat was exposed. 
It fluttered with every eftbrt to breathe. 
There was no more motion of the chest. Dr. 
Sands returned to the porch, shaking his 
head. He agreed with his associates that 
the end could not be far oft". None of them 
would say how soon it might come. Dr. 
Newman inquired if he ought to go to break- 
fast; he had staid through the weary watch 
of two nights. Dr. Shrady advised him to 
wait. The pastor asked the nurse, Henry, 
who thought a decline unlikely within an 
hour. It was then 7:40. Mrs. Sartoris en- 
tered the sick-room, and, as she stood at the 
bedside, the General opened his eyes. She 
bent over him, and, slipping her hand under 
his, asked if he recognized her. She thought 
she felt a slight pressure from the cold fin- 
gers. That decided Dr. Newman and Mr. 
Dawson, the stenographer, to go to breakfast. 
They had not been gone more than five 
minutes when the nurse, Henrv, stepped to 
the parlor door and beckoned 10 the doctors. 

A CHANGE HAD COME. 
Dr. Shrady sent for the f.uniiy. The bed 
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Douglas drew a chair to the head near the 
General. Mrs. Grant came In and sat on 
the opposite i~ide. She clasped gently one 
of the white hands in her own. When the 
Colonel came in Dr. Douglas gave up his 
chair to him. The Colonel began to stroke 
his father's forehead, as was his habit when 
attending him. Only the Colonel and Mrs. 
Grant sat. Mrs. Sartoris stood at her moth- 
er's shoulder, Dr. Shrady a little behind, 
[esse Grant leaned against the low head- 
board, fanning the General. Ulysses, junior, 
stood at the loot. Dr. Douglas was behind 
the Colonel. The wives ot the three sons 
were grouped near the loot. Harrison was 
in the door way, and the nurse, Henry, near 
a remote corner. Between them, at a win- 
dow, stood Dr. Sands. The General's little 
grandchildren, U. S. Grant, jr., and Nellie, 
were sleeping the sleep of childhood in the 
nursery room above stairs. 

All eyes were intent on the General. 
HIS BRE.4THING 
had become soft, though quick. A shade of 
pallor crept slowly but perceptibly over his 
leatures. His bared throat quivered with 
the quickened breath. The outer air, gently 
moving, swayed the curtains at an east win- 
dow. Into the crevice crept a white ray 
Irom the sun. It reached across the room 
like a rod, and lighted a picture of Lin- 
coln, over the deathbed. The sun did 
not touch the companion picture, which was 
of the General. A group of watchers in a 
shaded room, with only this quivering shaft 
of pure light, the gaze of all turned on the 
pillowed occupant of the bed, all knowing 
that the end had come, and thankt'ul, know- 
ing it, that no sign of pain attended it — this 
Was the simple setting of the scene. 

The General made no motion. Only the 
fluttering throat, white as his sick robe, 
showed that life remained. The face was 
one of peace. There was no trace of pres- 
ent suffering. The moments passed in si- 
lence. Mrs. Grant still held the General's 
hand. The Colonel still stroked his brow. 

The light on the portrait of Lincoln was 
slowly sinking. Presently the General 
opened his eyes and glanced about him, 

LOOKING INTO THE FACES OF ALL. 
The glance lingered as it met the tender gaze 
of his companion. A startled, wavering 
motion at the throat, a lew quiet gasps, a 
sigh, and the appearance of dropping into 
gentle sleep tollnwed. The eyes of affec- 
tion were still upon him. He lay without a 
motion. At that instant the window curtain 
sw.iyed back in place, shutting out the sun- 
beam. 1 

"At last," saii Dr. Shrady, in a whisper. 
"IT IS ALL OVER," 
sighed Dr. Douiil.is 

.Mrs. Grant cniild not believe it until the 
Colonel. ri-ai;^intr the truth, kneeled at the 
beiNlde. clamping his father's hand. Then 
she buried her lace in her handkerchief. 



There was not a sound in the room; no sob- 
bing, no unrestrained show of grief. The 
example set by him who had gone so quietly 
kept grief in check at that moment. The 
doctors withdrew. Dr. Newman, who had 
entered in response to a summons just at the 
instant of the passing away, looked into tlu- 
calm face, now beyond suffering, and bowed 
his head. There was a brief silence; then 
Dr. Newman led Mrs. Grant to a lounge, 
and the others of the family sought their 
rooms. 

The General was not fully conscious for 
several hours before he died. There never 
seemed an utter lack of consciousness, but 
the hold upon his mind was slight indeed, at 
times, all through the night. He began to 
sink at about 7 o'clock last night, when the 
doctors forecast the end as almost certain to 
come during the night. He had been dying, 
however, for thirty -six hours before that, 
when decline followed the fatigue o his ride 
to the Eastern Lookout. Nothing came 
from the General before death which could 
be called his dying words. He took no con- 
scious leave of his family. There had been 
prayers at midnight, when it was supposed 
he was going. Mrs. Grant then pressed his 
hand and asked if he knew her. He replied 
with a look of reassurance. He was near 
collapse at the time, and Colonel Grant, 
thinking him possibly in distress, asked him 
if he suftered. He whispered a feeble 

"NO." 
That question was asked several times, with 
the same result. Once, about three o'clock, 
he seemed in need of something. The nurse 



bent over him, and heard hii 



say 



' water 



He did not speak after that. 

At different times through the night, up 
to that hour, he made himself understood by 
some sort of response to questions bearing 
on his comfort. His last voluntary and irre^ 
sponsive act of speech which embodied the 
idea that governed him in all his sufferings, 
and which will on that account stand prob- 
ably as his last utterance, dates back to yes- 
terday afternoon, when, noticing the grief 
that the family could not restrain, he said, 
whispering in" little above a breath, yet 
quite distinctly: 

"I don't want anybody to feel dis- 
tressed ON MY ACCOUNT." 

He was then past rallying to an effort to 
hide his weakness, but did not forget his 
solicitude to spare others pain. 

Dr. Shrady was in charge at the cottage 
nearly all of last night. Dr. Douglass was 
worn out, and needed rest, which he took at 
the cott.nge, so as to be at call at a critical 
moment. Dr. Sands, assuming that he could 
be of no use. went earlv to bed at the hotel 



and rose of his own accord in 



morning. 



just in time to see the General dii 

It was a folding bed, that had been put 
into the cottage tor use by the attending doc- 
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early last evening. He wsnted to change 
from the sitthig posture, of which he was 
"thoroughly tireti. A reclining position was 
thought dangerous for him of late months, 
because it brought on a stutTv throat and 
choking. That "was not to be feared last 
night; "the musclfs of the throat had relaxed. 
No spasmodic power was left; pulse and 
respiration kejit even pace in the decline. 
The pulse had not been less than loo for 
thirty-si.K hours before death, or the respira- 
tion less than 30. Both ran up steadily to the 
end, the pulse touching 120, 140 160 in quick 
succession, and then mounting so fast that 
it could not be counted. It was flighty most 
of the night. Respiration reached 44 at 
midnight. It was 60 by 4 o'clock, with a 
quicke'ning tendency to the end. It ceased 
to move tlie diaphragm about midnight. It 
touched the lungs only slightly at daybreak. 
.\ir went little below the throat toward the 
last. The arms and feet became cold early 
in the evening. Hot appliances were made 
to them and to various parts of the body, 
and were frequently renewed. This was 
not done in the expectation of reviving him, 
nor was brandy injected for that purpose. 
Both the injections and the appliances were 
made for his comfort — to ease him. Thej' 
would have served also as a help to a rally, 
if one had temporarily set in. But that was 
not anticipated. The treatment sought only 
to comfort him. It was applied whenever 
pulse or heart or lungs threatened distress — 
sometimes every few minutes, and again at 
intervals of an hour or longer. 

The General, knowing his disease, fore- 
seeing the result, and apprehending death 
sooner than did the doctors, had onl3' one 
wish in regard to it. He wanted to die 
painlessly. The brandy, the hot appliances 
and anodynes made the end what he wanted 
it to be. Otherwise the feverish coursing of 
the pulse, the panting, shallovv breath, and 
the sense of dissolution, which he might 
have felt extending upward to the brain, 
might have made the end anything but a 
peaceful sinking into sleep. These symp- 
toms, and the treatment for them, make a 
basis for doubt if the General could have 
been at anv time during the night in clear 
mind. His posture in bed was most of the 
time on the right side. The head was bol- 
stered. Toward the end he was turned on 



:k, dv 



ngi 



that I 






THE END WAS CHARACTERISTIC, 
the doctors say. of the disease, as diagnosed 
by them. It was a case of clear exhaustion, 
the emaciation having left him. it is said, 
weighing less than 100 pounds. This morn- 
ing, when the first shock was over, the doc- 
tors recalled to the family the question 
raised in regard to the diagnosis, and asked 
the privilege of an autopsy. The family 
would not 'hear of it. They were satisfied, 
they said, with the diagnosis. The matter 
was dropped at once. 

Dr. Douglas said there was nothing pe- 



culiar about the death, except the resisting 
force of remarkable vitality. It was nine 
months vesterday since Dr. Douglas took 
charge o"f the General. The General had 
not been dead too minutes when the wires 

known in New 'i ■ ' , i»i.)ir ^(llMl■ of the 
guests heard of it , I '. a ;!- 1 1' it s|iread 

very quickly. Li i- ■ il. 1 Ih.imcs wa-. on 
his way from Saratoga ahnost as soon as the 
family had withdrawn to their rooms from 
the bed side. A special train, which had 
waited for him all night was at once dis- 
patched for him. A message was sent to 
Stephen Merritt, at New York, to come on 
at once to take charge of the funeral ser- 
vices. 

Within twenty minutes after the death ot 
General Grant," Karl Gerhardt, a Hartford 
sculptor, who has been making a study here 
of the General, was summoned to the cot- 
tage, at the suggestion of Di-. Newman, to 
make a plaster mask of the dead man's face. 
He was highly successful. 

OFPICIAIi PROCLA3IATIONS. 

THE PRESIDENT. 
Washington, July 23. — The following 
proclamation was issued by the President 
this morning : 

The President of the United States has 
received the sad tidings of the death of that 
illustrious citizen and ex-President of the 
United States, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, at 
Mount McGregor, in the State of New 
York, to which place he had lately been re- 
moved in the endeavor to prolong his life. 
In making this announcement to the people 
of the United States, the President is im- 
pressed with the magnitude of the public 
loss of a great military leader who was in the 
hour of victory magnanimous; amid disaster, 
discreet, self-sustained; who in every station, 
whether as a soldier or as Chiel Magistrate, 
twice called to power In his fellow-country- 
men, trod unswervingly the pathway of duty, 
undeterred by doubts, single-minded and 
straightforward. 

The entire country has witnessed with 
deep emotion his prolonged and patient 
struggle with paintul disease, and has watched 
by his couch of suffering with tearful sym- 
pathy. 

The destined end has come at last, and his 
spirit has returned to the Creator who sent 
it forth. The great heart of the nation that 
followed him when living with love and 
pride, bows now in sorrow above him dead, 
tenderly mindful of his virtues, his great 
patriotic services, and of the loss occasioned 
by his death. In testimony of respect to the 
rnemory of Gen. Grant, it is ordered that 
the Executive mansion and the several de- 
partments at Washington be draped in 
mourning for a period of 30 days, and that 
all public business shall on the day of the 
funeral be suspended; and the Secretaries of 
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issued for appropriate military and naval 
honors to be rendered on that day. 

In witness whereoC I have hereunto set 
my hand and caused the seal of the United 
States to be affixed. Done at the city of 
Washington, this twenty third day of July, 
A. D. one thousand ei.;ht hundred and 
eighty-five, and the independence of the 
United States, the one hundreth and tenth. 
Grover Cleveland. 

By the President. 

T. F. B.\YARD, 

Secretary of State. 

The President also issued an order direct- 
ing all the Executive departments of the 
Government be closed at i o'clock this 
afternoon as a mark of respect to the memory 
of Gen. Grant. 

THE ARMY. 

The following telegram from Lieut -Gen. 
Sheridan, with the appended order of the 
Adjutant General, indicates the manner in 
which the army will express its sorrow at 
Gen. Grant's death : 

Fort Reno, I. T.. July 23. 
To Gen. R. C. Drtim. Washington: 

My duties here will not permit me to re- 
turn in tiiTie for the luneral of iny dearest 
friend and comrade. General U. S. Grant. 
Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Davis, of my 
staff, knows my views in reference to the ob- 
sequies. Have them carried out so far as 
they do not conflict with the directions of 
the President. I want to be named as one 
of the pall bearers. 

P. H. Sheridan, 
Lieutenant General. 

Adjutant General Drum, by command of 
Lieutenant General Sheridan, issued the 
following order: 

In coinpliance with the instructions of the 
President, on the day of the funeral, at each 
military post, the troops and cadets will be 
paraded and the order read to them, after 
which all labors of the day will cease. 

The national flag will be displayed at half- 
staff. 

At dawn of day the guns will be fired, 
and afterward, at intervals ot thirty minutes 
between the rising and setting < f the sun, 
and at the close of the day a national salute 
of thirty-eight guns. The officers of the 
army will wear crape on the left arin and on 
their swords, and the colors of the Batallion 
of Engineers of the sevetal regiments and 
of the United States Corps of Cadets will 
be put in mourning for the period of six 
months. 

The date and hour of the funeral will be 
cominunicated to department commanders 
by telegraph, and by them to their subordi- 
nate cominanders. 

THE NAVY. 
Secretary Whitney has issued an order di- 
recting that the ensigns at each naval station 
and of each vessel of the United States 
Navy in commission be hoisted at half mast, 



and that a gun be fired at intervals of every 
half hour from sunrise to sunset, at each 
naval station and on board flag ships, and 
of vessels acting singly on the day of the 
funeral where this order may he received in 
time, otherwise, on the day after its receipt. 
Officers of the Navy and ^larine Corps will 
wear the usual badge of mourning attached 
to the sword hilt and on the left aim, lor the 
period of 30 days. 

With the exception of Secretary Endicott 
all the members were present at the meeting 
of the Cabinet. The President informed 
them of General Grant's death, he having 
been ofiicially informed of the demise by a 
telegram from Colonel Fred. Grant. Presi- 
dent Cleveland has instructed Adjutant Gen- 
eral Drum to go to New York to represent 
him, and to consult with Mrs. Grant relative 
to the funeral of the ex-President. 

GOVERNOR HILL. 
State or New York, Executive Chmnber: 

Ulysses S. Grant, twice President of the 
United States, the defender of the Union, 
the victorious leader of our soldiers, and 
General on the letired list of the ann\ , is 
dead. To the last he was the true soldier, 
strong in spirit, patient in suffering, brave in 
death. His warfare is ended. Alter tlie 
close of his official life, and following that 
notable journey around tlie world, when 
tributes of esteem from all nations were paid 
him, he chose his hoine among the citizens 
in our State. He died upon our soil, in the 
county of Saratoga, overlooking scenes 
made glorious by revolutionary memories. 
It is fitting that the State which he chose as 
his home should especially honor his mem- 
ory. The words of grief and the tokens of 
sorrow by which we mark his death shall 
honor, too, the offices which he held, and 
proclaim that praise which shall be ever ac- 
corded to those ^vho serve the Republic. 
Therefore, it is hereby directed that flags on 
the public buildings of the State be placed at 
half-mast until his burial; and on that day, 
yet to be appointed, all ordinary business in 
the Executiye Chamber and the departments 
of the State Government will be suspended. 
The people of the State are called upon to 
display, until his funeral, emblems of mourn- 
ing, and it is requested that at that hour they 
cease from thair business and pay respect to 
the distinguished dead. 

Given under my hand and the privy seal of 

the State of New York, at the Capitol, in 

the city of Albany, the twenty-third day 

of Julv, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. 

David B. Hill. 

By the Governor. 

Wm. G. Rice, Private Secretary. 

THE NEXT J)\Y. 

Mt. McGregor, N. Y., July 24.— The 
day has been one of activity here, following 
the quietude of yesterday. The family of 
the dead General have obtained needful rest. 



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and to-day participated i 
for burial with tliose v 
tances to tender their se 
to the arrivals, telegram; 



1 the arrangements 
ho came long dis- 
I'ices. In addition 
continue to roll in 



from those extending their condolence, and 
asking that tliey may be commanded for 
any service they can render. The contest 
tor the honor of the burial spot has been 
the source of no little solicitude to the family 



by General Grant before he died upon those 
who should decide the place of his burial, is 
the cause of delay in fixing the place for sep- 
ulchre. Mayor Grace's chief clerk, Mr. 
Turner, is here, and has been in consulta- 
tion with Colonel Fred. Grant. He has for- 
mally, and in person, for Mayor Grace, 
urged the acceptance of a burial spot in any 
one of the parks of 




The Last Private Service at Mt. McGregor, Sunday, Aug. 2d, Rev. 
Newman Officiating. 



and friends. The General's friends at Wash- 
ington were extremely anxious to have 

THE interment 
at the Soldiers' Home in that city. West 
Point. Philadelphia, Springfield and Galena, 
III., were also urged as the locations by 
friends, but it was soon ascertained that no 
influence or inducement could be effectual! v 
used to that end. The one condition imposed 



NEW YORK CITY. 
There is a strong feeling in tlie family of 
General Grant that the New York proposi- 
tion is one that would have gratified the 
General, but the condition, that Mrs. Grant 
might be buried beside her husband, is one 
that the Mayor's representatives can not ac- 
cede to, and telegraphic communication is 
now going on between here and New York 



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on that point. Tlie President's messenger, 
at II o'clock, had not arrived, and when lie 
does come and presents the invitation from 
the Soldier's Home, it is not unlikely that 
the condition of General Grant, relative to 
Mrs. Grant being buried beside him, will 
also then caiisv- some delay, pending a con- 
ference with others. The invitation from 
the city of Spiingfield, 111., is not being se- 
riously considered as yet. though, before his 
death. General Grant, as one of the three 
States in which he would desire to be buried, 
indicated that Illinois having given him his 
first army commission, he would be willing 
to be buried there, but there were other spots 
which lie designated, and one of them, 

WASHINGTON, 
is now under consideration. The third point 
that General Grant indicated was West 
Point, but he recognized at the time of his 
suggestion that "West Point was a spot where 
his wife could not rest beside him, and that 
fact removed an3' possibility in the General's 
mind of his being buried there. It was af- 
terward that the General delegated the en- 
tire matter of the burial spot and funeral 
arrangements to Colonel Fred. Grant, who, 
after a conference with the family on all 
points, is now carrying forward the volumi- 
nous arrangements for his father's funeral. 
It is now determined that the funeral obse- 
quies will begin at Mt. McGregor. 

The family fully recognize the claim of 
the people and the nation to do honor to the 
remains of General Grant, but there is a 
feeling that before all the pomp and pageant 
of the burial the family should have their 
dead all by themselves for a season of serv- 
ice. The family would be alone when their 
funeral service is held, and before the re- 
mains go out to the people to mourn over, 
thus the funeral ceremonies for the family 
will be held here in the cottage at such time 
as may seem best. Dr. Newman will be with 
the family and conduct with them the ser- 
vice over the dead. The President is anx- 
ious, and has so expressed himself by mes- 
sage, that there should be a national funeral, 
and that under the direction and care of the 
War Department, beginning when the re- 
mains are started from the mountain, and 
ending at the place of sepulchre. 

General Gates, Colonel Barber and W. H. 
Knight, of Brooklvn, called upon Colonel 
Grant this morning, and stated that 

GRAND ARMY POST 
No. 327, of Brooklyn, had become the U. S. 
Grant Post. Upon the death of the General 
the}' had assumed his name, and desired to 
tender a private bodyguard of thirteen men, 
who should come uniformed and unarmed. 
It also desired that this detail, on the day of 
the funeral, should constitute a special body- 
guard and guard of honor to the remains. 
Colonel Grant thanked the gentlemen, and 
accepted the post detail for the bodyguard, 
and the men will leave Brooklyn to-night. 

There is now little doubt that General 



Grant's remains will be buried in New York 
City. All that remains is the assent of the 
authorities of that city to the dead General's 
own condition, which was that Mrs. Grant 
should rest beside him at the last. Tele- 
graphic communication is now being con- 
ducted to adjust this matter. Mayor Grace 
responds to the inquiries that the city tend- 
ers to the family a burial spot. This" vague 
message does not seem to consider the con- 
dition of Mrs. Grant's burial spot, and the 
family- and Colonel Grant are lelt in doubt 
as to the willingness of New York City to 
accede to the easily understood condition "that 
Mrs. Grant's sepulchre must be in Central 
Park if the General is buried there, and so the 
matter hangs, and delay is the result. The 
family and Colonel Grant have determined 
upon Central Park if the condition shall be 
complied with by the citv. If New York 
shall be the spot chosen, and there is little 
doubt that it will be, 

THE PROGRAM 
of the funeral arrangements will be as here 
given: The remains will lie quietly at the 
cottage in the room where the General died 
until Tuesday afternoon next, when the lun- 
eral cortege will be placed on a special train 
and conveyed diiectly and without demon- 
stration to' Albany. 'Reaching there in the 
evening the remains will be borne to the 
Capitol building, where they will lie in state 
until Wednesday noon. "Then and thence 
the dead General will be conveyed by the 
funeral train to New York, arriving there 
on Wednesday evening. The body will be 
then conveyed to the City Hall, where it will 
remain in State until Saturday, when it will 
be borne to its last resting place in Central 
Park. This is all of the program now pre- 
pared. 

HOW THE WORLD KECEIVED THE 
NEWS. 

The following dispatches strikingly indi- 
cate the wonderful hold General Grant had 
upon the affections of the people. Most of 
the reports are brief, but the New York ac- 
count is printed in full as a lair example of 
the feeling in every city and town of the 
Union. 

SYMPATHETIC MESSAGES. 

Washington, Julv 23. — President Cleve- 
land sent the following dispatch to Mrs. 
Grant, at Mount McGregor : 

"Accept this expression of my heartfelt 
sympathv in this hour of your greatest afflic- 
tion. The people of the nation mourns with 
you, and would reach, if they could, with 
kindly comfort, the depths of the sorrow 
which is yours alone, and which only the 
pity of God can heal." 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 
Upon receipt of the news of the death of 
Gen. Grant, the following telegram was sent 
to Col. Fred. Grant by Gen. S. S. Burdett, 



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Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of 
the Republic : 

"Expressing the profound grief of the 
Grand Army of the Republic upon the death 
of the greatest of our comrades, on behalf of 
its 300,000 members, I tender to your 
honored mother, and to all the afflicted fam- 
ily their heartfelt sympathy. I pray you 
have me advised so soon as arrangements 
for the last sad rites are determined upon." 
GENERAL LOGAN. 

Washington, July 23.— 7"o Col. F. D. 
Grant: The painful news to me of your 
father's death has just been received. The 
sympathy of myself and family goes out from 
the depth of our hearts to your mother and 
all of you in your great bereavement. Tlie 
country is filled with sympathy and grief at 
this news, but the greatness of its loss must 
grow upon it as the future unfolds thecoming 
years. John A. Logan. 

FROM OHIO. 

Columbus, O., July 23. — The chairman 
of the citizen's meeting to-night was re- 
quested to convey to Mrs. Grant the e.xpress- 
ion of sympathy felt by the citizens of Co- 
lumbus. The "following was telegraphed: 

"The City Council and the city of Colnm- 
bus, Ohio, and the posts of the Grand Army 
of the Republic, in this city assembled in 
public meeting, direct me to convey to you 
and your family an e.'cpression of their pro. 
found sympathy in your bereavement and 
their deep sense of the loss sustained by the 
country in the death of Gen. Grant. 

"A. G. Thurman, 

Chairman!^ 
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES. 

Fremont, O., July 23. — Please assure 
Mrs. Grant and the s'orrowing family that 
thev have the deepest sympathy of Mrs. 
HaVesand myself. ' R. B." Hayes. 

FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
Augusta, Me., July 23. — Mrs. U. S. 
Grant: Please accept my profoundest sym- 
pathy in your great bereavement. The en- 
tire Nation mourns the loss of its first 
soldier and its first citizen. 

James G. Blaine. 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 23. — Mrs. 
Gen. Grant: I have heard with great sorrow 
of Gen. Grant's death. I offer fnll measure 
of sympathy. Samuel J. Randall. 

Berwyn, Pa. 
Fort Reno, L T., July 23.— Co/. F. D. 
Grant: Will j'ou please express to Mrs. 
Gr.int my grief at the loss of my dearest 
friend and comrade, and my sincere sym- 
pathy and condolence with her in this hour 
of her great distress. 

P. H. Sheridan, 
Lieutenant General. 
Governor Pattison, ot Pennsylvania, sent 
this message from Harrisburg: 

Madam: The people of Pennsylvania 



deeply sympathize with you and your family 
in a bereavement which produces profound 
sorrow throughout the nation. They de- 
plore the death of the great American 
soldier who has fallen before that universal 
enemy whose sword is never sheathed and 
to whom the bravest and best must sur- 
render. I am, madam, with great respect, 
Robert E. Pattison, 

Governor. 

Mayor Grace sent the following telegram 
bv direction of the Board of Alderman of 
New York : 

"In advance of official action I am in- 
structed to tender to yourself and family the 
deep sympathy of the Common Council of 
the municipal authorities of the city of New 
York in your bereavement. I am also 
authorized by informal action of the authori- 
ties, which will be made official to-morrow, 
to tender to you a last resting place for the 
remains of Gen. Grant in any one of the 
parks of this city which you m.-iv select. I 
am also authorized to offer the Governor's 
room at the City Hall for the purpose of 
allowing the body to lie in state." 

Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, sent a 
telegram to Mrs. Grant this morning, in 
which he says: "As the son of Gen. Rob- 
ert E. Lee, I send my most profound sym- 
pathy. The whole South mourns the na- 
tion's loss." 

Gen. Shelly, of Alabama, Fourth Auditor 
of the Treasury, formerly of the Confederate 
army, also sent his condolences, expressing 
the belief that all the Confederates will mourn 
the death of America's greatest soldier and 
statesman. 

William M. Evarts: "I shall wish to at- 
tend the funeral. Please telegraph when 
time is fixed." 

Alonzo B. Cornell : "Col. F. Grant : 
Please present your mother with the assur- 
ance of our sincere sympathy. Can I serve 
you in any manner ? Please command me 
without hesitation." 

Albany, July 23. — By proclamation this 
morning issued I have officially spoken the 
deep sorrow which the people of this State 
feel in Gen. Grant's death. I add my own 
condolence and sympathy to all his family 
in the hour of their great distress. 

Pavid B. Hill. 

Washington, July 23. — To Col. Fred. 
D. Grant, Mt. McGregor: The excursion- 
ists of the Associated Press of Mexico send 
to the family of the illustrious Gen. Grant 
their profound sympathy, and through you 
to the whole of America. His lamily has 
lost its worthy head, the republic of the 
United Slates one of its most renowned 
heroes, and Mexico one of its best friends. 
A. Arroyo de Andar, I. Paz, 

Secretary. President. 

The excursionists also sent the followii 
telegram to President Diaz: 

Washington, July 23. — To Gen. Perfiro 



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Diaz, City of Mexico: The excursionists of 
the Associated Press of Mexico send to vou, 
and througli vou to the Mexican republic, 
their profound sympathy for the death of the 
illustrious American hero, Gen. Ulysses S. 
Grant, in whom Mexico has lost one of her 
best friends. 
A. Arroyo de Andar, I. Paz, 

Secretary. President. 



BRITANNIA WEEPING 
AMERICA. 



WITH 



London, July 23. — The news of the death 
of General Grant has created a profound 
impression in this city. The flags at the 
American Exchange and at Consulate were 
placed at half-mast the moment the news 
reached the city. Large portraits of the 
dead hero, draped in mourning, were placed 
over the balconies and doors of both build- 



ings- 



The whole front of the American 



Exchange was also heavily draped. 

United States Minister Phelps, on being 
handed a copy of the dispatch announcing 
Gen. Grant's'dealh, expressed the greatest 
concern at the sad event. He instantly or- 
dered the building of the American Legation 
to be draped in mourning and the flag placed 
at half-mast. Your correspondent visited 
Mr. Gladstone's residence and was received 
Ijy Mrs. Gladstone. On making known his 
errand, Mrs. Gladstone expressed deep sor- 
row at the death of the eminent American, 
and immediately conducted him to Mr. 
Gladstone's presence. The great man was 
writing at a desk in his library. Mr. Glad- 
stone said: 

''I will willingly pay my humble tribute; 
let me write rather than speak it." He then 
wrote as follows: 

" Mr. Gladstone has heard with regret the 
sad news of General Grant's death. He ven- 
tures to assure the bereaved family of the 
sympathy he feels for them in their affliction 
at the loss of one who has rendered his 
country such signal services as a general and 
as a statesman." 

Many prominent Americans have called a 
meeting, to be held to-morrow at the Amer- 
ican Legation, for the purpose of taking ap- 
propriate action on the death of Gen. Grant, 
and to condole with his family. 

Mr. John Bright, in an interview at the 
Reform Club this afternoon, said: " I desire 
to express my sympathy with the family of 
Gen. Grant "in'the sorrow through which 
thev are passing.' .. 

The newspapers contain long obituary 
notices of Gen. Grant, many of them taking 
up most of their available space in accounts 
of scenes and incidents in the life of the 
illustrious patriot. 

At a dinner given bv Mrs. Mackey to 
Mr. Phelps and wife, Ladv Churchill and 
numerous aristocratic residents of London, 
last evening, the deepest sympathy was ex- 
pressed for the family of Gen. Grant. 

Mr. Henrv Irving' was seen in the green- 



room of the Lyceum Theatre this evening. 
He said he wa-^ deeply grieved to hear of the 
death of Gen. Grant. Me hoped he would 
not be deemed presumptious in expressing 
his condolence, but he had met the General 
under pleasant circumstances which he could 
never forget, and he had greatly admired his 
noble courage during his illness. Mr. Irving 
then wrote: "Henry Irving's deepest sym- 
pathy with the family of Gen. Grant at the 
loss of so noble a man, so illustrious a gen- 
eral, and such a beloved father." 

Mr. Cyrus W. Field is ill in consequence 
of overwork, and his doctor has advised him 
to take a complete rest. He expressed him- 
self as deeply grieved by the news of Gen. 
Grant's death. 

THE LONDON PRESS. 
London, July 24. — The Daily Telegraph 
devotes two columns to a review of Gen. 
Grant's military career, and editorily says 
he was the giea'test leader whom the United 
States has produced. 

The Daily News says: "There have 
been few braver men than Grant. England 
will sincerely regret his death. It is as a 
soldier that he will be remembered. His 
name will ever be associated with the great 
and righteous struggle of which Lincoln 
was the brain and heart, and Grant the arm 
and weapon." 

The Times this morning, in an editorial, 
says: "With all his faults, Gen. Grant 
loomed larger in the people's eye than any 
of his rivals or contemporaries. If his na- 
ture was of metal of far more mixed alloy 
than that of the founder of the Republic, ss 
even his warmest admirers must admit, it 
may be fairly pleaded that he was in this 
only the creature of his time. If his faults 
were those of his age and country the mili- 
tary oualities on which the fortunes of his 



moment depended. 



country at the cr 
were his own." 

TELEGRAMS TO THE FAMILY. 

London, July 24. 
To Mrs. U. S. Grant! Accept our deep- 
est sympathy in the loss of your distin- 
guished husband. We shall always look 
back with gratification at having had the 
advantage of knowing him personally. 

Prince and Princess of Wales. 
Montreal, July 24, 
To Mrs. Grant: I am greatly grieved to 
get the sad news of the General's death. 
Pray accept my most sincere sympathy. 

Chester A. Arthur. 
Washington, July 24. 
Mrs. Sarloris: Accept our sincere con- 
dolence. S. West. 
Warrensburg, Mo., July 27. 
Mrs. General Grant: In behalf of 150,- 
000 members of the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen in the United States and 
Canada, I tender the heartfelt sympathy of 
the brotherhood. John A. Brooks, 

Supreme Master Workman. 



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Portland, Me., July 27. 

Mrs. U. S. Grant: With deepest sym- 
pathy I offer my services for tlie funeral 
ceremonies. If desired please reply immedi- 
ately. Emma Thursby. 
New York, July 27. 

Colonel F. D. Grunt: I suggest that the 
pall-bearers tor your distinguished lather be 
none else than the President of the United 
States and his cabinet. No greater honor, 



nor one more appropr 



ferred. 



A. Parsons, Virginia. 



KIND MESSAGES FROM MANY FRIENDS. 

Formal messages of condolence huve also 
been received from the following persons : 
Governor Abbott, of New Jersev; Gen. H. 
A. Barnum, Governor J. H. Pierce, of 
Dakota; Carter Harrison, of Chicago; Mr. 
and Mrs. Chauncev I. Fillev, Georye Jones, 
of the New Yorlc Times; Tibbitl's Veteran 
Corps, of Troy, N. Y.; Post 63, G. A. R., 
of Albanv, offering escort or services; .Mex- 
ander Suflivan, of Chicago; Hamilton Fish. 
ex-Postmaster General Thomas L. James, 




Gen. Grant's Body Lying in State in City Hall, New York. 



San Francisco. Julv 27. 
Colonel F. D. Grant: The Society of 
Old Friends, of which your father was an 
honorary member, extend to you and the 
family sincere and heartfelt condolence. 

Phii.adklphia, Julv 27. 
Colonel F. D. Grant: The members of 
the first Blaine Club in the United States, at 
Philadelphia, tender their sympathy to the 
family of Ulysses S. Grant, the incorrupti- 
ble President and soldier, savior of the Re- 
public. Theo. A. Graham, 

President. 



George H. and Nellie Sharp, Senor Romero, 
Hon. Joseph B. Carr, Chinese Minister 
Cheng Tso Ju; W. Q^ Gresham, Japanese 
Consul S. K. Takashashi. J. R. Hinelander 
Dillon; John Russell Young, from San 
Francisco; James Speed, Louisville; Mrs. G. 
W. Childs, Rear Admiral T. 11. Stevens, 
C. C. Waite, Cornelius Van Cott, Mavor 
C. E. Burr, of Lincoln, Neb.; Hon. William 
Henry Smith, S. S. Clements, Hon. T. C. 
Piatt and wife, Henry Clews, Alexander 
Taylor, Jr., New York; S. M. Cultom, 
SpJingfield, 111.; J. W. Dent. San Frai ' 



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David B. Sickles, Rabbi Brown, New York; 
Andrew Carnegie, London; David Davis, 
Bloomington, 111.; S B. Elkins, Deer Park, 
Md.; George M. Robeson, Northampton, N. 
H.; Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree. Hon. R. 
Kuhl, Japanese Minister at Washington; 
Potter Palmer, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. 
James H Tyner, of Washington; Geois;e W. 
Childs, of Philadelphia; C. Endicott, Secre- 
tary of War; John A. J. Creswell, and (ien. 
Geo. B. McClellan. 



WASHINGTON. 

yuly SS. — All Washington is in mourning. 
Shortly after S o'clock this morning the Presi- 
dent was informed of the death of Gen. Grant. 
He immediately directed that the flag on the 
White House should be placed at half-mast. 
The lowering of the flag was the first intima 
tion that the citizens of Washington had of 
the death of the distinguished man, althou<,'h 
they had been anticipating it throughout the 
night. A few minutes after the White House 
flag was placed at half-mast, the flags on all 
the public buildings, and on many private 
ones, were placed in like position. The bells 
of the city were tolled, and citizens who 
heard them readily recognized their mean- 
ing. Business men immediately began dra- 
ping their houses with mourning, and resi- 
dences in a similar manner showed esteem 
for the deceased. At no place is the death 
of Gen. Grant felt more keenly, and nowhere 
sav« in his immediate family is there such 
profound grief as at the National Capital. 
Here all claimed proudly his personal friend- 
ship. This they called his home, and as 
soon as his death was announced tliis morn- 
ing crape was hung over all doorways. 
Sadly and silently did citizens put on their 
homes and business houses great streamers 
of black, emblematic of true mourning. 
Their hands trembled, and their hearts went 
toward their mouths. " General Grant is 
dead," exclaimed everyone, in low and sad 
tones, and it was her.dded throughout the 
city instaptly. Never before did people of 
all n.itionalities and party beliefs show such 
affection for the soldier-statesman. A ma- 
jority of Washington's white population, 
made up from Maryland and Virginia stock 
largely, sympathized with the Confederacy 
and opposed the old hero during the Rebel- 
lion, but they mourn to-night as one undi- 
vided family. There is a belief, born, no 
doubt, of desire, that the remains of Gen. 
Grant will be brought here for burial. An 
effort has been making in that direction for 

This afterr.oon Gen. Burdette, command- 
ing the Grand Army of the Republic, went 
to New York to co-operate wiih others in a 
•move to provide for the burial here. This, he 
thinks, as do Gen. Beall and other prominent 
citizens, is the proper place for every reason 
to have the ashes of Gen. Grant rest. Gen- 
erals Beall and Burdette will also lead, it is 



thought, in receiving a monument fund. 
Gen. Logan, who has clung to Gen. Grant 
like a brotlier, and who has considered him 
almost like blood and the same flesh, so 
closely together and so sympathetic have 
their heart-beats been for many years, was 
almost overcome with grief when finally the 
sad announcement came. " I can not con- 
ceive," said Mrs. Logan to a State Jour- 
nal correspondent, this alternoon, "a death 
outside our own family that would have 
caused such deep grief to Gen. Logan. He 
is almost crushed, and wept like a child 
when he first heard of the death." Gen. Lo- 
gan has gone to New York and will person- 
ally deliver his sympathies to Mrs. Grant 
and her children. It is said Gen. Logan 
proposes to try to have all members of the 
Army of the Potomac, if possible, attend 
the obsequies of their dead commander, and 
give their final parade. 

Many distinguished ex -Confederate of- 
ficers now here have telegraphed sympathetic 
messages to Mrs. Grant and lamily. Among 
them was Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia. 
He asked that the son of Gen. Robert E. 
Lee be perinitted to mingle his tears with 
hers over the loss of the one for whom the 
world would weep. 

THE WHITE HOUSE 
has been handsomely draped, the emblems 
of mourning being equal to those on the 
building at the time of the death of President 
Garfield. They are over and around the 
windows and door facing north, and the 
great pillars of the portico at the north en- 
trance are also covered with black. 

Sadness settled over the departments to- 
day. The news of Gen Grant's death be- 
came known to nearly all cleiks before they 
reached the scene of their duties. The flags 
were all placed at half-mast and orders is- 
sued for the buildings to be draped in deep 
mourning. There was a disposition to close 
the departments at once, and the pension 
office closed without waiting for the execu- 
tive order. The opinion was expressed on 
every hand that the nation never suffered 
such an affliction since the death of Wash- 
ington, and no precedent could be found to 
guide them in their action. Many old officials 
were personal friends of the General, and 
all loved and honored him. Nearly all the 
clerks and officials who have been in the 
service any length of time have some pleas- 
ant recollections of the war hero and Presi- 
dent, and his pleasant face and figure was 
familiar to them all. His simple, kindly 
manners were discussed in every room and 
by the clerks meeting in the corridors, and 
genuine grief at his loss was manifested on 
every hand. Some of the clerks who had 
had occasion to see President Grant at the 
White House, told how simple and kind he 
was in his inanner of receiving them, how 
he would put them at their ease, giving them 
a chair with his own hand, handing them a 
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pened to be going out just as they were, he 
would walk with them as far as their course 
lay in the same direction, smoking and talk- 
ing pleasantly. 

NEW YORK. 

July 24.— New York knew that Gen Grant 
was dead yesterday morning at half-past eight 
Extra Evening Telegrams multitudinously 
stormed the streets, but, as though some in- 
tuition had anticipated even those swift mes- 
sengers of intelligence, as with a common 
impulse, flags flew half mast and gracefully 
drooped from every public building, from 
office and from store, until the streets 
seemed again, as they so often have, like one 
vast flag. 

From the early hour until midnight, 
through the long stretches of torridity, the 
hours moved listlessly along, and a crystali- 
zation of the common thought and feeling 
of the people would seem to be relief — relief 
that at last the hero of many hard fought 
battles was at rest — that at last the pinching 
fingers of inexorable disease had released 
their grasp, and that the stifling and the 
groaning and the anxiety and the pain of 
nine long months were ended; relief to 
know that the anxious wife and mother, 
whose sleepless nights had run into anxious 
days, succeeded in turn by hours and weeks 
and months of apprehension, was at last 
able to look upon the placid features of her 
beloved, and know that he was at rest. 

The announcement, nine months ago, that 
Gen. Grant had fallen, shot by an assassin's 
bullet, would have stirred the nation from 
core to circumference, and excitement ut- 
terly unprecedented — unknown to modern 
life— would have taken possession of the 
city and dominated the situation. During 
this greater part of a busy and active year 
the nation has sat by the bedside of the suf- 
ferer; has watched him during the sleepless 
hours of the night, when pain and anguish 
made him sigh for the final outcome; has 
followed with great interest the efforts of his 
doctors and the service of his friends; has 
hobbled with him on his crutch to the win- 
dow, that he might reciprocate the courteous 
recognition of his comrades; has labored 
with him over the pages of his memoirs, and 
has read with unaffected interest the affec- 
tionate messages written on the historic pad 
to his family and his friends; has attended 
him in that long and tedious trip to the 
mountains, where he sought a possible re- 
lief, and in the long weeks lias sunk from 
hopefulness to hopelessness, and at last has 
attended him to tlie very verge and confine 
of life's fitful fever, 'llierefore the end was 
not only not unexpected, but was anticipated, 
so that its effect was largely discounted. 
A UNIVERSAL STOPPAGE. 

It will be remembered that when the an- 
nouncement of Lincoln's assassination 
struck the heart of this city with a tremen- 
dous blow all pulsation ceased, the wheels 



of commerce stopped, trade was at a stand- 
still, and with agony expressed upon every 
feature the people rushed into the street; 
stranger spoke to stranger in the cars, a com- 
mon bond united every man to his fellow; 
horror seemed to shadow the metropolis; all 
barriers of acquaintanceship, of friendliness, 
all formalities, every known obligation due 
to social usage was put aside, and the people, 
as with one common impulse, sprang into 
each other's arms while occupation ceased. 
When Garfield was assassinated, doubt and 
uncertainty came with the news; and al- 
though horror and disgust and apprehension 
were apparent on every hand there was no 
cessation of work, no factory closed its 
doors, no exchange adjourned for the day. 
Hope told a flattering tale, and for weeks 
and for months, while the illustrious sufferer 
lay and dozed upon the couch of pain, at- 
tended by unfeigned sympathy and affection- 
ate interest, everything went on in its accus- 
tomed channel as in the olden time. This 
might have been anticipated in the present 
instance. There was no surprise of any son 
for those who have been looking nearly a 
year for the tidings of Gen. Grant's death. 
There was no startling sensation to be 
sprung upon an unprepared people by am- 
bitious panderers or by dealers in highly 
spiced intelligence. Qiiietly, gravely, sol- 
emnly, decorously as one's own family circle 
might set in an adjoining room waiting for 
the death throes, whose painful conclusion 
the doctor alone would care to see, has the 
nation in general, and this New York home 
circle of Gen. Grant in particular, waited for 
dissolution so certain — as certain as fate it- 
self. 

At last it came! 

It came not with the force and vigor of a 
thunderbolt, not with a quick flash of incis- 
sive lightning, not with the blast and fury of 
a tornado, but in the calm announcement 
that the Christian hero, the successful Gen- 
eral, the two-term President, the world's 
guest, the nation's favorite son, had finally 
succumbed, and in the noiseless secl«sion of 
his bedchamber, surrounded by his wife and 
children, had, with intelligence, yielded up 
his spirit to its Maker in calm confidence 
that a past so pregnant with good, so fraught 
with blessing, was a harbinger indeed of a 
happy future, a second term beyond the 
skies, directed, fashioned and guided by the 
omnipotent hand of the Creator Himself. 

HOW THE METROPOLIS FELT. 

New York is an emotional city. 

That seems strange, for NewYork is the 
metropolis of the nation, the leading city of 
the Western Continent, the home of mer- 
chants, a hive of industry, filled with banks 
and financial institutions run bv the Grad- 
grinds of earth, with factories dnttinij its en- 
tire leuHth, with vast stores anil warehouses, 
with interests material, commanding the best 
talents, and marshalling a vast arrav of labor 
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Neverllielobs New York is a city of emo- 
tions. Witness no further back tlian the 
day of tlie departure of tlie Seventh Regi- 
ment for the city of Washington, the capital 
of the nation; witness again its return; wit- 
ness again the tremendous ovation and re- 
ception given Gen. Grant when, as hero of 
five important battles, he became the guest 
of New York city; witness the long pro- 
cession of men and women and children 
that toiled up the marble steps of the City 
Hall, that they might look at the dead fea- 
tures of the martyred Lincoln, and then pass 
on the other side, down and out into the 
sunshine; witness that great pageant that 
followed and attended with affectionate rev- 
erence the funeral of Peter Cooper, the ben- 
efactor of his day and generation; witness 
now the out-turn of yesterday. From Bat- 
tery Point to Harlem river, along the broad 
stretch of the chief highway, and laterallv 
on either side from river to river, spanning 
this city of magnificence, of wealth, and of 
endeavor, waved in solemn pageantry the 
half-masted flags, while house after house 
was draped with mourning emblems, and 
every public edifice gave ample illustration 
of that aphorism that the rulers are but the 
indices and exponents of the popular will; 
for, knowing that the popular teeling was 
deep-seated and tender-hearted, the public 
officials quickly sprang to their windows, 
which they draped in black, quickly ran to 
the halyards and hoisted half-way up the 
municipal bunting, quickly closed the doors, 
thereby giving emphatic utterance to the 
popular grief which mantled every heart 
and touched closely every sympathetic chord. 
New York is an island. 
What of that ? 

Much. On the right flows the salt water 
of the East River; on the left glistens the 
beautiful current of the lordly Hudson; at 
its foot rush the waves of themost magnifi- 
cent harbor known to the commerce of the 
world, leading in turn to the tumultuous 
heavings of the vast ocean itself; while far 
up at the other end, like a silvery thread 
from river to river, stretches the Harlem 
stream. This vast expanse of water front 
was absolutelv bright with parti-colored 
bunting. The flags of the United States and 
its several departments, the flags of England, 
France, Germany and Spain, flags known to 
the China Sea and the ocean of Japan, flags 
familiar along the Pacific, and often seen in 
the Carribean seas; flags recognized in the 
Indies and respected in the Sandwich Islands; 
flags that waved over steamers, over clippers, 
over merchant-men, over every style of craft 
known to ancient mariners and to modern 
mechanism, drooped from their high estate, 
and, in their inanimate but forceful way, ex- 
pressed a grief which belts the earth, a sym- 
pathy which will be found, recognized and 
emphasized in every court of every nation 
known to the civilized and the heathen na- 
tions of the earth. 



THE BELLS IN ALL THE CHURCHES. 
And music, too, fell early into line. 
But music is for pleasure. 
Not always. The music made by bells in 
church towers sometimes rings for weddings, 
sometimes for solemn services, sometimes 
with dirge effect in memory of the lost but 
not forgotten. In eveiy steeple where chimes 
were placed, high up in church towers, 
where no one but the sexton or the mechanic 
ever goes, from a hundred belfries on Man- 
hattan Island rang out the clear, sad sound 
that told to all that listened with intelligent 
thought that the hero was dead, that Grant 
was gone. From Trinity to St. Paul's, from 
St. John's to St. Augustine's, away up town 
as far as Trinity Chapel, famed for the 
sweet tones of its bells, came the solemn toll- 
ing — one of the most, if not the most, touch- 
ing of the indications of the day. 

The exchanges should close, the courts 
should adjourn, that references should re- 
main unheard, that meetings should have 
been passed by was to have been expected, 
and the expectation was realized, while 
everybody said, "What next.?" "What now.'" 
The Mayor in his official chair sent words of 
sympathy to the bereaved widow and family. 
Eminent citizens of New York who felt 
warranted by their acquaintance of their po- 
sition followed the example set by the Presi- 
dent of the nation, and expressed along the 
quick electric wire their sympathetic feeling. 
Soldiers stood straighter as the thought that 
ere many days had passed they would be 
called upon to escort all that remains of their 
old commander. Practical men turned back 
to the page of memory to inform themselves 
as to the financial status of those who were 
near and dear to the man now gone. The 
message of the President, the message of the 
Governor and the message of the Mayor 
were placed upon the Herald bulletin and 
read with interest. Leading merchants and 
financiers of position consulted as to what 
the nation's honor demanded in the crisis. 
All the municipal boards of the metropolis 
passed resolutions of regret and sympathy. 
The Telegram extras early and late sold 
like the traditional hot cake, and the Herald 
bulletin was surrounded from early morning 
until the shades of evening renderd further 
perusal of its contents impracticable. These 
bulletins gave full information as to the gen- 
eral facts of the case, and it was interesting 
to note with what emphasis the crowd's 
recognition of one point was met. 
THE PEACEFUL END. 
In the bulletin, as told by Dr. Shrady, oc- 
curred this sentence: "The fear of a painful 
and and agonizing death was, happily for 
him, not realized. He simply passed away 
by a gradual and easy cessation of the heart's 
.action. For so much, at least, there is 
reason for thankfulne-s." To tell in cold 
type that men's eyes moistened as they read 
that sentence may seem trite, but all facts 
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to another, tears did start from unaccustomed 
places, and there was many interchange of 
congratulation that the man who had done 
so much for others was not compelled in the 
last to Bufter unbearably himself. Every de- 
tail that could be made known was seized 
with avidity by everybody. The story of 
the night was read with bated breath. All 
messages from every source whatever found 
-quick echo in the hearts and breasts ol those 



naturally loomed up with a greater degree of 
importance, but all seemed to be contented 
to know that, as the end had to come, it had 
finally come with so little distress, with so 
little pain, with so little personal discomfort, 
with so little to be regretted. 

SPREADING THE NEWS. 
The usual stream of people that had come 



crossing City Hall 




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who read them. A discussion as to where 
Grant's body shall be laid was very general. 
It was known that the Mayor had offered, 
with or without authority, a last resting place 
any one of the parks of the city thai Mrs. 
Grant might select. It was understood that 
West Point would claim him, and it was 
thought that Mt. Pleasant, C, his native place, 
would think it had a prior claim, while the 
Congressional burial ground in Washington 



P.irk shortly after eight o'clock. Merchants, 
clerks and shop-girls were in the moving 
throng. Many of them were conversing 
about the news from Mount McGregor. 
The newspapers that they carried had told 
them that Gen. Grant could not live much 
longer. And yet the old soldier had been at 
death's door so many times and had rallied, 
that many hoped that his last bad turn would 
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But of a sudden the moving multitude 
came to a halt. Far down Park row shrill 
voices were crying "Extra !" Strangers 
looked at each other and said, ''Th^t means 
that the end has come; the General has 
passed away." The shrill cries came nearer, 
and soon a crowd of excited, red laced, bare- 
footed newsboys burst into the throng that 
had halted there. Piles of damp Telegrams, 
fresh from the presses, were slung over the 
shoulders of the panting boys. 

"Extra I Death of Gen. Grant !" they 
cried. Within a minute their papers were 
gone, and the throng moved slowly and 
sorrowfully on, scanning the lines that, be- 
tween the great black rules, told the mourn- 
ful story. Succeeding crowds met other 
newsboys, with fresh supplies of papers, and 
relieved them of their bundles. Soon the 
State and municipal flags went up half way 
on the poles on top of the City Hall. No 
wind stirred them, and thev hung drooping 
there. The Stars and Stripes at half mast 
followed, and told the story to the people 
■who came from Brooklyn before they got 
within hearing of the newsboys' cries. 
A MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR. 

It was shortly after nine o'clock when 
Mayor Grace reached his office. A tele- 
graph despatch lay upon his desk. Tearing 
it open he read: 

Mt. McGregor, July 23, 1885. 
William R. Grace, Mayor, New Tork: 

Father died this morning at eight o'clock. 
Fred D. Grant. 

What was there that the city of New 
York could officially do to manifest its sor- 
row and show the esteem in which it held 
the dead hero .' thought the Mayor. While 
he was considering the matter Park Com- 
missioner Beekman came in. He had called 
to suggest to the Mayor that the city could 
in no better way honor the memory of Gen. 
Grant than by offering to his family a plot 
in any one of the city parks in which to 
inter the remains. The Mayor was greatly 
pleased with the suggestion, and at once 
called for a number of policemen, whom he 
despatched after the members of the Board 
of Aldermen, asking them to meet in the 
Common Council chamber at one o'clock in 
the afternoon. At that hour there were 
present President Sanger and Aldermen 
Finck, McQ^iade, Qiiinn. Van Rensselaer, 
Walsh, Hall, Kenny, Masterson, Mulry, 
Cowie and Oakley. Gen. Shaler was also 
present. 

" I have asked you to come together infor- 
mally," said Mayor Grace, in calling the 
meeting to order, "to suggest to you the 
propriety of oft'ering Gen, Grant's family a 
burial plot in one of the city parks. I un- 
derstand that he expressed a wish to be 
buried in this city, where he had cemented 
the strongest friendships of his life. Re- 
cently he wrote on his pad, 'Galena — Wash- 
ington — New York,' and he expressed great 
regard for New York on account of the 



many friends he had made in it. lie was 
the greatest man of his day. We may never 
again have his equal. It is eminently titling 
that he be buried in one of our parks, and 
that over his grave a national monument be 
erected. Riverside Park, still uncompleted, 
might be selected. The Park Commission- 
ers, who under the charter control the parks, 
regard the suggestion very favorably." 
A PARK FOR HIS RESTING-PLACE. 

President Sanger expressed regret that, 
owing to the short notice, a number of the 
Aldermen had been unable to attend the 
meeting, but he was confident that whatever 
was then done would receive the hearty in- 
dorsement of all those who were absent. He 
then moved that the municipal authorities 
tender their sympathy to Mrs. Grant and 
her family in their bereavement, and offor to 
them a burial plot in whichever of the parks 
they should select. Upon the adoption of 
this Mayor Grace offered the following com- 
munication, for approval: 

New York, July 23, 1885. 
Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mt. McGregor, N. K.- 

In advance of official action, I am in- 
structed to tender to yourself and family the 
deep sympathy of the Common Council and 
the municipal authorities of the city of New 
York in your sad bereavement. I am also 
authorized by informal action of the author- 
ities, which will be made official to-morrow, 
to tender to you a last resting-place for the 
remains of Gen. Grant in any of the parks 
of the city which you may select. I am also 
authorized to offer the Governor's Room of 
the City Hall for the purpose of allowing the 
body to lie in state. W. R. Grace, 

Mayor. 
POST-OFFICE. 

It was the busiest hour at the Post-office. 
Everything was going with a rush. Mer- 
chants on their way down town were hurry- 
ing in to get the mail matter that the bustling 
clerks within were throwing into the boxes. 
The banging of hundreds of little brass 
doors filled the place. Clerks and messenger 
boys were lugging big satchels and bags of 
letters and papers out with them. The busy 
scene underwent an instantaneous transfor- 
mation when a newsboy came tearing into 
the place and shouted his Extra Telegram. 
Nobody bothered longer about mail matter. 
Bunches of keys were left dangling in open 
box doors till a paper was prociu'ed and the 
news read. There was less bustle and noise 
about the crowds that came later. Men took 
out their mail in an absent-minded way, and 
the messenger boys forgot to whistle. 

Custodian Covvley put the flag at half- 
staff on the dome, arfd consulted with Post- 
master Pearson as to the draping of the 
great building. A despatch asking instruc- 
tions was forwarded to the Treasury Depart- 
ment, and a response received directing that 
estimates be solicited. Men were at once 
sent out on this work. The Custodian, re- 
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material for the draping wlien Garfield died, 
feared that, unless prompt action was taken, 
the big building wonld be left without the 
trappings of sorrow. 

ACTION OF THE COURTS. 

None of the federal courts were in session, 
so that no judicial action was taken to honor 
the dead General. 

Only three judges were to sit in the Court 
House. These were judge Donohue, in Su- 
preme Court, Chambers; Judge Ingraham, 
in Superior Court, Chambers, and Judge 
Van Hoesen, in Common Pleas, Chambers. 
There was but little done, only motions be- 
ing heard. The corridors were without their 
customary throng, and a footfall woke echoes 
in the empty court rooms. When it seemed 
that there were no more motions to be 
made. Judge Ingraham announced that, out 
of respect for the memory of Gen. Grant, 
the court would be closed for the day. 
THE EMBLEMS OF SORROW. 

Not since Gartield died have the down- 
town streets borne so many signs of general 
mourning. Within an hour after the old 
hero had breathed his last, every prominent 
building in Broadway and the cross streets, 
from the Citv Hall to the Battery, bore its 
flag at half-mast. In the sultry air the col- 
ors waved languidly and slowly, and one 
could fancy that they, too, mourned for the 
great soldier, and heard the solemn tolling of 
old Trinity's great bell as it rang out a dirge 
for the dead. Then St. Paul's "took up the 
knell, and echoed the solemn notes to the 
accompanying hum of Broadway's busy 
traffic. Presently from another spire the 
bells boomed rhythmically, and so for an 
hour the air was filled with the mournful 
music. 

In front of Trinity Church men were early 
at work draping flags and black streamers 
over the doorway. The Bank of Commerce 
soon had its inarble pillars wound with 
mourning bands. The offices of the Com- 
mercial Cable Company, at Broad and VVall 
streets, were among the first draped, and on 
both fronts of the building streamers of al- 
ternate black and white were gracefully fes- 
tooned. Before the day was over workmen 
were draping the big Produce Exchange build- 
ing, the Petroleum Exchange, and several of 
the largest buildings occupied by insurance 
comp.nnies, banking corporations, and by 
brokers and lawyers. 

A LITTLE RED TAPE HERE. 

The machinery of the government offices 
does not move rapidly on such occasions, 
but the Sub Treasury, the Custom House, 
the Assay Office, Castle Garden and other 
buildings occupied by the federal or State 
authorities all had their flags displayed at 
halt-mast. During the morning a dispatch 
came to the Custom House and the Sub- 
Treasury from Secretary Manning, directing 
the Collector and the Assistant Treasurer to 
find out how much it would cost to drape 
the buildings appropriately. Estimates were 



hastily procured and forwarded to Washing- 
ton, and late in the day an order came to 
have the edifices put in mourning. The 
work will begin to-day. 

All the foreign consulates hung out the 
flags of their respective countries at half- 
staff, and, of course, the business and finan 
cial exchanges displayed this emblem of re- 
spect as soon as they were opened for the 
day. The Stock Exchange, the Produce and 
the Cotton Exchanges, the Board of Trade, 
the Petroleum Exchange, the Naval stores, 
the Tobacco Board and the Coffee, the 
Metal and the Importers and Grocers' Ex- 
changes, all had their flags at half-mast. 
SELLING MOURNING TOKENS. 

Along the sidewalks on Broadway and 
Nassau street pedlers sold portraits and me- 
mentoes of Gen. Grant, in the shape of large, 
life-size lithographs, card photographs, bronze 
medals, badges, with the General's well- 
known features printed on ribbon. The 
dealers had many customers, and seemed to 
do a thriving business. In many store win- 
dows portraits of Gen. Grant were displayed, 
and it was curious to see the crowds stop 
and linger in front of these pictures, gazing 
with renewed and saddened interest upon 
the plain, homely face with which everybody 
must be so familiar. Yet silently they 
stood, in the hot sun, often looking at the 
features as though they had never seen them 
before. Nothing could have spoken more 
eloquently of the hero's hold upon the afTec- 
tions of the people than this simple incident, 
so often repeated during the day. 
ONLY A PICTURE. 

Several lines of street railroads prepared 
small flags, bordered with black, which were 
attached to the roof of each car and allowed 
to flutter in the breeze. The car starter's 
office, at the foot of Paik row, was decorated 
with the emblems. 

The tide of travel up Fulton street from 
the Brooklyn ferry came to a very general 
halt in the early morning before a picture 
store window in which a large, gilc-framed 
engraving of Gen. Grant was displaj-ed. 
The frame was draped with black and white 
bunting, with small rosettes at each corner. 
The front of the building was partially hid- 
den beneath folds of dark drapery which had 
been early put in place. Over a small, 
hastily constructed shanty before one of the 
vacant lots along South street, floated a new 
flag of the common variety, so tied up that 
it was plain to be seen the rough looking in- 
dividual behind the counter intended it 
should be at half-mast. 

Surprised at finding a semblance of senti- 
ment in such a place, the man was asked if 
he had been a soldier. 

''No, my boy; but that don't hinder me 
from showing respect for the man that's 
gone." 

SIGNS OF GRIEF IN THE HARBOR. 

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that observable throughout the mass of 
streets. Flags floated from thousands of 
boats, and very few there were which failed 
to denote in tliis usual manner that the death 
of Grant was their loss as well as that of 
others. Nor was the beautiful custom con- 
fined alone to vessels flying the American 
colors. All nations seemed to unite in the 
sorrow felt. Not a flag hung above its proper 
limit. 

Tugboats, so diminutive that they could 
not be discerned between the huge vessels 
they were towing, gave forth the silent sig 
nal of distress, which was to be seen as far 
as the eye could reach up the rivers and 
down the bay. Crowded excursion boats 
carried their colors lowered. The excur- 
sionists were as many as on any other day, 
but there was a quieting influence noticeable 
over all. The great theme was on all lips, 
and many a homely, though heartfelt, eulogy 
was uttered. 

ALONG BROADWAY. 

Broadway presented one long avenue of 
flags at half-mast. They floated from all 
the more prominent buildings, and from 
many of the smaller ones. Considering the 
short time that had been allowed them for 
fixing their buildings, many of the proprie- 
tors of stores made a very impressive show- 
ing of mourning. Beginning about Cham- 
bers street and running northward the deco- 
ration of buildings was general. Some of 
the designs were noticeable for their tasteful 
appearance. 

In many of the store windows pictures of 
Gen. Grant were displayed, bound in black. 
One store near Thirty-second street had five 
pictures of the dead hero displayed in its win- 
dows. Beneath the pictures were memorial 
mottoes. All the large hotels on Broadway 
were making preparations to decorate with 
drapery to-day. The Bijou Opera House 
was draped in mourning yesterday afternoon. 

The stables of the Third Avenue Railroad 
Company were draped. Flags floated at 
half-mast from the Tombs prison, the Madi- 
son Square Garden and the various hotels. 
In Union square the flags were at half-mast 
on all the principal buildings. At the 
northern end of the park, where the row of 
gas lights is. the four poles had United States 
and New York State flags at half-mast. 
TRIBUTES TO THE HERO. 

Politics were lost sight of in the personal 
e.vpressions of opinion concerning the dead 
hero. Democrats and Republicans alike 
paid him tribute. 

•'Yes," said Assistant Treasurer Acton, 
"I knew Gen. Grant well. The last time he 
was here, just before his illness, he sat in 
that chair where you sit now. He was the 
greatest man of his time. A thousand years 
from now the names of four Americans will 
live in history — Washington, Franklin. Lin- 
coln and Grant. Other great men live, die 
and are forgotten. These four are among 



the 



rtals 



"As time goes on the greatness of Gen. 
Grant's character will be more and more 
appreciated," said ex-Collector Robertson. 

Collector Hedden said that there had been 
in our history but two rnen who seemed to 
have such a hold upon the people as Gen. 
Grant. These were Washington and Lin- 
coln, The services of Gen, Grant never 
would be forgotten. 

Surveyor Beattie said: "The whole civ- 
ilized world has watched at Gen, Grant's 
bedside, and Europe and America join in 
sorrow tor his loss, and admiration for the 
greatness of his character." 

'• The little flaws in the brave old General's 
life are all forgotten in the universal sympa- 
thy, admiration and grief," said Naval Offi- 
cer Burt, " The most graceful act of Presi- 
dent Arthur's administration was the placing 
of Gen, Grant on the retired list of the 

Said Postmaster Pearson: "Sentiments 
of sorrow inspired all here on the reception 
of the news of the death of Gen. Grant, 
closing a conspicuously grand life," 

MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS SPEAK. 

"The General had a solt place in his heart 
for New York," said Mayor Grace, "and 
the city honored itself by tendering a last 
resting place for the remains of the dead 
hero. The circumstances out of which he 
developed were of such a nature as to cause 
us to hope that the nation will never again 
be forced to call such a man to its aid. Gen, 
Grant will, therefore, always remain a unique 
as well as a grand figure in our national 
history." 

" Every man, woman and child in the 
country," said Register John Reilly, "should 
feel the deatii of General Giant as a personal 
loss. While he lived he deserved more at 
his counti-y's hands than he received, and 
now that he is dead too much honor cannot 
be given to his memory." 

" What is there to be said about him," ex- 
claimed Comptroller Loew, " except that he 
was a grand and noble character, whose 
great work will remain and aftect the na- 
tion's history for ages yet to come? He was 
a man whom I admir-ed more than I admired 
any other of my fellow countrymen." 
HIS COMPANIONS IN ARMS. 

General George B McClellan ("Little 
Mac") said: " In common with all the peo- 
ple of the country, I regret most sincerely 
and deeply the loss we have sustained in 
General Grant, and yield to none in my ad- 
miration of the services he has rendered the 
country and for his personal qualities. Per- 
sonally I r-egret the loss of one who has 
been my friend for many years, and with 
whom I have never had the slightest misun- 
derstanding." 

General John Cockrane said: "An in- 
stance of greater moral grandeur than the 
death struggle of Gen. Grant has, I think, 
seldom attracted the world's gaze. He com- 
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simplicity of a child. He was admired and 
beloved bv the army, and will be remem- 
bered by "his country with Washington and 
Lincoln." 

IN THE REALM OF COMMERCE. 

"I have ahvavs refjarded General Grant 

as the greatest soldier of modern times," said 

Levi M. Bates, the dry goods merchant. 

" He is a hero ol whom'all Americans are 

George S. Coe, President of the Ameri- 
can Exchange Bank, said that the banks were 
not permitted to close except upon the holi- 
days specified by law. " But, I imagine," 
added Mr. Coe, "that the proclamation of 
the President of the United States, ordermg 
the suspension of all public business on the 
day of the funeral obsequies, might be suffi- 
cient warrant for the banks to close. I do 
not know what the law may be, but it should 
be so, and I sincerely hope it may be." 
WHAT THE CLERGYMEN SAY. 
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was called 
on by a Herald reporter at his summer resi- 
dence in Peekskill yesterday. "A great man 
has gone," he said, as he looked meditatively 
across the Hudson to the hills beyond. ''He 
was of the kind that we cannot afford to 
lose. He was as great a citizen as he was a 
soldier. He died as he lived — a stubborn 
hero. With his ability were combined in- 
tegrity, purity, beautiful simplicity and reti- 
cence. He was greater in all things than in 
the Presidency. Then his generous nature 
put him too much under the influence of his 
friends. His death will be universally 
mourned in the South as well as the North. 
The men whom he fought so stubbornly 
hold him, I think, second only in their hearts 
to Lee." 

Rev. Dr. George Alexander, of this city, 
said: "Gen. Grant has shown himself, by 
his fortitude in his long and painful illness, 
a man of great courage and mental, as well 
as physical, endurance. He has always been 
one of the people in his greatness of charac- 
ter, and will ever be such in the eyes of all. 
The next generation will see only the great- 
ness and good deeds of the American rep- 
resentative citizen." 

Rev. Henry S. Jacobs, of the Congrega- 
tion B'nai Jeshuran, said: "I join in heart- 
felt sympathy and sorrow over the death of 
this illustrious man. To him may well be 
applied the utterance of Scripture, 'Observe 
the virtuous and behold the upright, for the 
end of such a man is peaceful.'" 

AMONG THE EXCHANGES. 
None of the business exchanges are open 
until ten o'clock in the morning. The news 
was, therefoie, generally known before the 
brokers and traders assembled for the day's 
work. A stranger, who happened into the 
gallery at the Stock Exchange, the Produce 
Exchange, the Petroleum Board, or at any 
of the great speculative marts, at the open- 
ing, would have seen at a glance that some- 
thing had happened of grave and serious 



import. There was much less noise than 
usually characterizes these places, where 
men struggle for wealth in a scrambling 
hurly-burly, amid deafening shouts of bids 
and orders'. Little groups of brokers stood 
on various parts of the floor, with serious 
faces, discussing the news, none the less sad 
because so long expected. In place of the 
laughter and clwiirmi; rustomary on 'Change, 

insliaj (.1 ihr iisii.il I. liming sales at Ihe ex- 
cli,ini;fs, ilu- 'li.k,!-," [.I iiited tliis announce- 
ment on the tape: "Gen. Grant died at 
eight minutes past eight this inorning." 

THE family's CITY HOME. 
Since Gen. Grant's removal lo Mount 
McGregor, his home, in East Sixty-sixth 
street, has been closed and uninhabited. It 
has been in charge of the Mutual District 
Telegraph's Company's branch office, on 
Madison avenue. Yesterday morning, when 
the news of the General's death was re- 
ceived at the telegraph office. Messrs. J. 
J. King and J. C. Williams, the day 
and night managers, visited the house. 
They arrived there at lo o'clock .\. M. and 
threw open the windows on the different 
floors so as to air the rooms. They also 
turned on the gas and water, and made all 
the other necessary preparations for putting 
the house in order for the return ot the fami- 
ly. Throughout the day men. women and 
children passed in unusual numbers through 
the street. Nearly every passer b^- stopped 
in front of the house and gazed at it intently. 
There seemed to be a lascination about the 
place for every one. Those who spoke 
carried on their conversiition in a whisper. 
Even the children seemed to appreciate the 
fact that the great soldier who had for so 
long fought there his final battle ot this life 
was now no more. The majority of the 
visitors to the house came from the Park. 
Many of them went a long distance out of 
their way to view the residence. 

FUNERAL PREPARATIONS. 
The Rev. Stephen Merritt, the undertaker, 
has ordered of the Stein Manufacturing 
Company, of Rochester, a cloth-covered 
cedar ca'sket, which they will ship direct 
from there to Mount McGregor. The coffin 
is known among the trade as an "Orient," 
and a duplicate ot the one Ordered was 
shown to the reporter. 

It is an oblong red cedar casket, with an 
inside copper shell, which is covered with 
black satin tufting, and contains a black 
cloth pillow, trimmed with black lace. The 
outside is covered with black mourning 
cloth, and along the sides are placed two 
solid silver extension bar handles. The 
top is open full length, and has a solid silver 
name plate of plain desigh apon it. 

Mr. Merritt's representative also showed 
the reporter a handsome funeral canopy, 
gracefully draped with blark cloth lined with 
damasse"silk, and supfioried on four carved 
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This he stated would in all probability be 
used in the funeral ceremonies in this city. 
The canopy is the only one of its kind ever 
made, and was used some time ago at the 
obsequies of the late Bishop Simpson. 
BROOKLYN. 

The first intimation that Hrooklynites gen- 
erally received of the sad event was about a 
quarter past eight o'clock, when the bell on the 
City Hall suddenly begen to toll in mourn- 
ful and measured cadence. Everybody knew 
that some time ago Mayor Low had given 
orders that ^he bell should be tolled for an 
hour immediately after the receipt of the in- 
telligence of the' General's death, and quick 
as a flash of lightning the sad news went 
from end to end of the great city that the 
hero of Appomattox was no more. "Grant 
is dead," passed Irom lip to lip on the streets, 
on the avenues, on the boats, on the cars, 
everywhere, in fact, where there were lips to 
repeat the mournful intelligence. At the 
same time the bell in the Fourteeth ward 
tower tolled and thus spread through. Will- 
iamsburg the news of the nation's loss. 
THE SIGNS OF WOE. 

Simultaneously with the tolling of the 
bells the flags on all the public build- 
ings, were hoisted to half mast, and 
within an hour afterward there was not a 
flagstaff in the city that had not its flag float- 
ing from it. The spontaneity with which 
this was done, was only equalled by the zeal 
of the people in displaying mourning on 
their residences. Indeed, the day had not 
half gone before all the public and a vast 
number of the private buildings were draped 
in mourning. In the evening the draping 
had so far progressed that the sable emblems 
of mourning met Iheeye at every turn and in- 
stinctively carried all beholders back to the 
dav when all the houses were draped as a 
tribute to the memory of President Garfield. 
OFFICIAL ACTION. 

Early in the day several members of the 
Board of Aldermen united in signing the 
following: 

Brooklyn, July 23, 18S3. 
The Hon. Seth Lotv, Mayor: 

Dear Sir — We, the undersigned, would 
respectfully request that you call a special 
meeting of the Common Council to take 
proper action relative to the death of U. S. 
Grant. 

When Mayor Low reached his ofiice at 
two o'clock his first act was to call a special 
meeting of the aldermen for eight o'clok this 
(Friday) evening. 

All the courts, civil as well as criminal, 
adjourned for the day after the morning 
session out of respect to Gen. Grant's mem- 
ory. At nine o'clock the flags on the bridge 
towers were placed at half-mast, and the 
engineers and brakemen spent the rest of 
the day draping the engines and cars. 

At the meelingof the Kings County Board 
of Supervisors in the afternoon. Mayor Low 
was present and offered resolutions, which 



were adopted, expressive of eulogy and re- 
gret. 

It was ordered that the flags be displayed 
upon the Court House at half-mast until 
alter the funeral, and that the Court House 
be suitably draped in mourning for a period 
of thirty days. 

Prompt sympathy was manifested by the 
store-keepers and residents of 
JERSEY CITY. 
Scarcely had the sad tidings reached the 
city when many hands were busy in draping 
stores and dwellmgs with sombre hued 



fahi 



and 



smg 



Ullf-I 



Mavor Collins issued an order to have the 
City Hall draped and Chief of Police Mur- 
phy, at his own expense, purchased the 
necessary materials to cover Police Head- 
quarters with the emblems of mourning. At 
Fire Department Headquarters, Chief Far- 
rer and Clerk Van Alest suspended black 
and white streamers until the Commissioners 
authorize a more elaborate display. The 
County Court House will be draped, as the 
committee of the County Board of Free- 
holdiers in charge of the building have given 
instructions to have it fittingly draped. A 
score of store-keepers have placed placards 
in their windows announcing that their es- 
tablishments will be closed during the ob- 



sequu 



of the famous General. 



n Hoboken the absorbing topic was the 
death, and all appeared to regret the dc-mise 
of the courageous warrior. The grief was 
general, and the residents manifested their 
sorrow in hoisting the national colors at half- 
mast and displaying emblems of mourning. 
NEWARK, N. J. 

July ^5.— The fl.igs on the public build- 
ings and many private residences and busi- 
ness places in Newark were run up at half- 
mast. By noon black drapery was festooned 
from the principal buildings on Broad and 
Market streets. Not since the death of Gar- 
field have the expressions of sorrow been so 
universal. Mayor Haynes will issue a pro- 
clamation this morning and special meetings 
of the various por.ts of the Grand Army of 
the Republic and Sons of Veterans will be 
held to-night to adopt formal expressions of 
sorrow. 

PATERSON, N. J. 

July S3. — In Paterson, a few minutes 
after Gen. Grant h.id breathed his last, the 
news spread like wild-fire, and flag alter 
flag went up at half-mast in every direction. 
Black drapery was then brought out and be- 
fore nine o'clock a large number of buildnigs 
in all parts of the city had been draped in 
mourning. 

BORDENTOWN AND ELIZABETH, N. J. 

7k/v«.— The Young Men's Christian As- 
sociation Hall at Bordentown was crowded 
by the most prominent citizens at four 
o'clock, representing the city authorities, the 
Grand Army, every church, and in fact, all 
classes in the communitv. A committee was 
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bells were tolled at sunset and at sunrise 
each day until the day of the funeral ob- 
sequies. 

The Veteran Zouaves arrived home at 
four o'clock yesterday afternoon, four hours 
ahead of time, foregoins a reception at New 
York, Jersey City und Elizabeth, on account 
of the death of their old commader, and pro- 
ceeded from their train to their armory. 
Their band played a funeral dirge. 



Many bells tolled 62, Gen. Grant's age. All 
the public buildings placed their flags at half- 
mast, and business houses were draped in 
mourning very generally. The State House 
will be decorated with white and black to- 
day, and before night every street in the citpr 
will bear evidence of the respect of the citi- 
zens for the memory of the great soldier. 

Mayor Walcutt immediately issued a call 
for a citizens' meeting, to be held in the City 




The Procession on Broadway, Gen. Hancock Leading. 



IN HIS NATIVE STATE. 

Columbus, C, July 23. — The death of 
<3en. Grant had been so long expected that 
it could hardly be said to have produced a 
shock when announced in this community. 
There was a feeling of sadness, however, 
none the less deep because the news was ex- 
pected, and it was expressed universally, as 
it was visible in the countenances of all. 



Hall this evening, and also addressed the 
following official communication to Presi- 
dent Page, of the City Council: 

Mayor's Office. "[ 

Columbus, O., July 23, 1SS5. / 
Hon. Walter B. Page, President City Council, Co- 
lumbus, O.: 

Dear Sir— The death of Gen. Grant is 
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ing. It is befitting that this city should in 
some way express its deep feeling of sadness. 
I have deemed it proper to call a special 
meeting of the City Council to-night at 8 
o'clock, that your honorable body may take 
the subject under consideration, and that 
our people may meet and give expression to 
their love, admiration and gratitude to the 
memory of the grandest man our country 
ever produced. RespectluUv. 

Charles C. WalcJtt, Mayor. 
THE G. A. R. 

Immediately upon the reception of the 
news of Gen. Grant's death the members of 
the Grand Army Posts hastened to post no- 
tices for a called meeting in various conspic- 
uous places. In accordance with the call 
about 100 members of J. C. McCoy and J. 
M. Wells Posts assembled in the hall of the 
former at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Post 
Commander H. M. Neil was called to the 
chair and Mr. VV. J. Cammitz appointed 
secretary. 

Messrs. George K. Nash, John Beatty, E. 
C. Beach, C. C. White and H. M. Neil were 
appointed a committee to represent the 
Grand Army at the joint meeting of the 
Council and citizens in the evening. 
IN THE CITY COUNCIL. 

In pursuance of the Mayor's call, the Citv 
Clerk issued a call for a special meeting of 
the Council. They met in the chamber at 
8 o'clock, President pro tem. Briggs pre- 
siding. The call was read, after which Mr. 
Hatcher offered the following resolution : 

Resolved, by the City Council of Colum- 
t>us, That a committee of five be appointed 
to represent this Council, at the joint meeting 
of citizens, Council, Grand Army of the 
Republic and such other organizations as 
may be represented, to take such action on 
the death of Gen. U. S. Grant as may be 
proper. 

Resolved further. That the Mayor be re- 
quested to issue his proclamation requesting 
the citizens of Columbus to close their 
places of business on the d.iy of the funeral. 

citizens' meeting. 

The citizens meeting was held in the City 
Hall immediately alter Council adjourned. 
All the members of the Council were pre- 
sent, as were also the principal officers and 
many members of the two Grand Army 
posts, so that the meeting was more in the 
nature of a joint meeting of the three ele- 
ments. The attendance was good, consider- 
ing the meagre notice which had been given. 
Among those present were many of the 
most prominent gentlemen in Columbus. 

Mayor Walcutt called the meeting to 
order, stating briefly the object— to take 
necessary steps for appropriate services in 
connection with Gen. Grant's death. 

Gen. John Beatty moved that Senator 
Allen G. Thurman preside as chairman, 
which was unanimously carried. 

Senator Thurman took the chair and ad- 
dressed the meeting as follows: 



Fellow-citizens — The Mayor of the 
city has called you together to-night in order 
that some steps may be taken to express the 
prolound sorrow that penetrates every heart 
in Columbus on account of the death of Gen. 
Grant. I understand that this is but a pre- 
liminary meeting. Indeed, there has been 
very short notice, and citizens in general 
who would have crowded this hall are ab- 
sent. But enough are here to take pre- 
liminary action to make arrangements for 
a demonstration worthy of Columbus. I 
don't say worthy of the subject, for no 
meeting, however great, can do justice to 
that great man who is dead. No eulogy is 
needed now, and I shall attempt none.'but 
shall only take the chair for such action as 
IS the pleasure of the meeting." 

Col. H. M. Neil stated the action of the 
Grand Army of the Republic Posts, as out- 
lined above, in appointing a committee to 
act with the committee of the City Council 
and citizens. Mr. Briggs made the same 
announcement as regards the Council. 

Alter one or two suggestions, Governor 
John Neil moved that memorial services be 
held in Goodale Park on the day of the ob- 
sequies over Gen. Grant's body, and that 
the citizens be invited to co-operate with the 
Council and Grand Army of the Republic. 
This motion was carried unanimously. 

Judge Nash moved that a committee of five 
citizens be appointed to co-operate with 
similar committees of the Council and 
Grand Army, to make arrangeinents for 
memorial services. This was carried, and 
the committee appointed were. Mayor Wal- 
cutt, Judge W.J. Gilmore, W. G.' Deshler, 
E. L. Hinman and A. D. Rodgers. The 
following telegram was ordered sent to Mrs. 
Grant: 

Columbus, O., July 23, 1S85. 
Mrs. Gen. Grant, Mt. McGregor, N. T.: 

The City Council and citizens of Colum- 
bus, 0., and the posts of the Grand Army 
of the Republic in this city, now assembled 
in public meeting, direct me to convey to 
you and your family an expression of their 
profound sympathy in your bereavement, 
and their deep sense of the loss sustained by 
the country in the death of Gen. Grant. 
Allen G. Thurman, 

Chairman. 
THE JOINT COMMITTEE. 

The three committees appointed by the 
Council, Grand Army and citizens immedi- 
ately met in joint session in the Mayor's 
office. Gen. Beatty was chosen chairman 
and Mr. J. S. Hatcher secretary, and arrange- 
ments were completed for a parade and 
memorial exercises m Goodale Park. 

The Jackson Club met and adopted a 
series of resolutions of respect. 

IN OTHER STATES. 

St. Paul, Minn., July 23.— The City 
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also all posts of the Grand Army of the 
Republic. 

Detroit, Mich., July 23. — The city and 
State of Michigan feebly attempted to ex- 
press their heartfelt sorrow at the death of 
Gen. Grant by placing flags at half-mast and 
tolling bells. 

Philadelphia, Pa., July 23. — The ring- 
ing of the bell in the steeple of Independence 
Hall this morning announced the death of 
Gen. Grant — sixty-three strokes of the big 
bell, one for each year of his life, was the 
signal of the sad event. Flags were run up 
to half-mast in all directions, and other em- 
blems of mourning ap[>eared in front of 
many business places and private houses. 

Fargo, Dak., July 23.— Governor Pierce 
has issued a proclamation calling on the 
people of the Territory to observe the day 
set apart for Gen. Grant's funeral, by ab- 
staining from work and paying respect to 
the memory of the dead soldier. 

Indianapolis, Ind., July 23. — As soon 
as the news of Gen. Grant's death was re- 
ceived the fire bells of the city began tolling, 
and then the intelligence was speedily made 
known all over the city. Flags on public 
buildings are flying at half-mast, and the 
feeling of sorrow and sympathy is very gen- 



Denvkr, Col, July 23. — Denver is 
draped in mourning in honor of Gen. Grant, 
lieports from the State indicate that the 
people everywhere deeply feel the Nation's 
loss. A meeting of the citizens was held in 
the Governor's office to-night to take action 
looking to the proper observance of the 
funeral. 

Baltimore, Md., July 23. — Intelligence 
of the death of Gen. Gr.int was received in 
Baltimore with profound regret. Compar- 
tivelv few people knew of it until the bells 
of tlie City Hall and Fire Department tolled. 
On all public buildings and many private 
houses flags were displayed at half-mast. A 
gloom pervades the whole population. 

Omaha, Neb., July 23.— The tolling of 
the Fire Department and church bells this 
morning announced the death of Gen. 
Grant. Newspapers issued extras, which 
were eagerly sought after, courts adjourned 
for one d.iy. The city is draped in mourn- 
ing. A public meeting has been called for 
expressions of sympathy and sorrow. The 
entire State is iti mourning. 

Santa Fe, N. M., July 23.— Flags fly at 
half-mast to-day at military headquarters 
and on the Capitol. Public buildings are 
draped in mourning, and the District Court 
adjourned till to-morrow. A public meet- 
ing was held this evening to give voice to 
the universal sentiment of sorrow over the 
death of Grant, who spent a week in Santa 
Fe five years ago this month, visiting old 
friends and comrades. 

ToPEKA, Kan., July 23. — The announce- 
ment of the death of Gen. Grant was re- 
ceived here with profound sorrow. Bells 
were tolled, flags placed at half-mast, and, 



without waiting' to take any concerted ac- 
tion, business houses and many private resi- 
dences were robed in mourning. All the 
military and civil organizations held meet- 
ings to-night to arrange for imposing cere- 
monies on the day ot the obsequies. 

Chicago, July 23. — -All newspaper offices 
and other public houses here had flags at 
half mast within a few moments after Gen. 
Grant expired. Newsboys were quickly 
shouting "Extras!" and groups of people on 
their way to work eagerly purchased and 
stopped motionless to read. Arrangements 
to toll the fire bells had been m.ide in case 
the long-looked lor event occurred at night, 
but it was deemed that after daylight other 
means would spread the news as rapidly. 

Pittsburgh, Pa., July 23. — The news of 
General Grant's death was received in this 
city a few minutes after 8 o'clock, and, al- 
though it was expected, created a profound 
feeling of sorrow. Flags on all the news- 
paper offices, public buildings and steam 
boats were placed at half-m.ast, and in many 
places portraits of the departed, draped in 
mourning, were displayed. A mass-meet- 
ing of members of the Grand Army of the 
Republic and a meeting of citizens will be 
called to take suitable action. 

Kansas City, Mo.. July 23.— General 
Grant's death has been the absorbing topic 
of conversation to-day. Many business 
houses have been draped in mourning and 
flags have been hung at half-mast. It had 
been expected that the Mayor this afternoon 
would issue a proclamation relative to Gen. 
Grant's death, requesting the citizens of 
Kansas City to observe the day of the fun- 
eral as a day of mourning, but it will proba- 
bly be issued to-morrow. 

"Galena, III., July 25.— Private tele- 
grams announcing the death of Gen. Grant 
were received in Galena, the former home 
of the illustrious chieftain, at 8:20 this morn- 
ing, and the public were made aware of the 
sad fact by the tolling of the First Presby- 
terian Church bell, which was quickly fol- 
lowed by other church and fire bells of the 
city. The feeling here is one of inexpressi- 
ble sorrow, and this sentiment pervades 
every hearth. Gen. Grant was not only 
respected but was belo\'ed by our people. 

Boston, Mass., July 23. — Mourning dra- 
peries already cover many of Boston's stores 
and public buildings, and by to-morrow 
morning the decorations in black and white 
will exceed anything known here since Pres- 
ident Lincoln's death. Sixty slow strokes 
on the fire-alarm bells announced Gen. 
Grant's death to the whole city at 8:26 this 
morning. For an hour the bells tolled 
mournfully, calling irresistibly to mind the 
midnight clangor when Garfield died. Flags 
everywhere throughout the city were placed 
at half-mast. Mayor O'Brien promptly 
called a meeting of the City Council, in both 
branches of which eulogies were spoken and 
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special observance bv all the people of the 
nation's calamity. Resolutions have been 
passed by the Produce Exchange and other 
public bodies. Within an hour after the 
news came, mournin'' decorations began to 
appear in Boston. The City Hall and other 
public buildings are now elaborately adorned. 
The Iront of Jordon, Marsh & Co.'s great 
store is completely covered with 60,000 yards 
of black and white goods — the most exiensive 
display ever made in the city. On the 
corner appears a portrait of the hero, five 
feet high, in each corner of which is por- 
trayed a battle scene. Festoons and perpen- 
dicular panelings of black and white hide the 
front of the building to the dome, and the 
flag which floats above is deeply draped. 
The interior of Faneiiil Hall will be draped, 
and the portrait of Gen. Grant will be shown 
from the rostrum. The United States 
Courts adjourned on receipt of the news 
without domg business. Department Com- 
mander Husey, of the Grand Army, will is- 
sue an order to the veterans to-night. A 
committe of the Boston City Government 
will attend the ex-President's funeral. Very 
few churches of Boston are now open, but in 
those memorial services will be held. A 
public euolgy will be pronounced in Tre- 
mont Temple by some orator invited by the 
City Government. 

Governor Robinson has issued a procla- 
mation directing that flags on all public 
buildings of the Commonwealth be placed at 
hall-mast until the interment of Gen. Grant's 
remains, and that on the day of the funeral 
all business be suspended in the Executive 
departments. 

AT OTHER POINTS. 

ThrouEhout New England fire alarm bells 
were tolled, flags put at half-mast and meet- 
ings held. The New Hampshire Legislature, 
in session at Concord, adjourned on receipt 
of the news. At Lowell, Mass., arrangements 
for a great public meeting have been made. 
In Milford, Mass., bells in different parts of 
the town were tolled for five hours. Specials 
from all points show that the expression of 
grief is universal. 

At the Boston Custom House one or two 
officials took occasion to speak slightingly of 
Grant. The fact became known later, and a 
party of their associates visited them and 
forced them to retract their words. Personal 
violence was narrowly averted. A flippant 
youth on a horse-car said while the bells 
were tolling: ■'! don't see why they should 
make such a fuss; Grant isn't President 
now." An old gentleman in the next seat 
turned on the upstart and exclaimed: "It 
isn't that we're thinking about. We don't 
care whether he was President or not. Young 
man, you are old enough to vote and to talk, 
but you don't remember Donelson, or Vicks- 
burg. or Appomattox. There are several 
millions of us who do, and we don't need to 
ask today why they're making such a fuss 
over the dead hero." 



CiTV OF Mexico, via Galveston July 
23. — The news 01 Gen. Grant's death was re- 
ceived here by the press in advance of the 
official notification to the American Lega- 
tion. On all sides much sympathy is ex- 
pressed for the American people in their 
great loss. Mexicans feel that the illustrious 
soldier and statesman was their greatest 
friend in the United Slates, and they mourn 
his death as that of a distinguished friend and 
patriot who could look beyond the boundaries 
of his country and sympathize with a neigh- 
boring people. The Government will take 
appropriate action to show its sympathy for 
the American people. 

LocisviLLE, Ky, July 23. — Hundreds of 
people read the bulletin board notices of 
Grant's death as early as 9 o'clock this morn- 
ing, and everywhere expressions of genuine 
regret were heard. The newspapers unite 
in eulogizing the dead hero. The several 
posts of the Grand Army of the republic are 
in session to-night and will send delegates 
to the funeral. 

Des Moines, July 23. — News of Gen. 
Grant's death was received here with general 
expressions of sorrow. The fire bells tolled 
and flags on Government, State and city 
buildings have been at half-mast. A large 
number of business houses are draped in 
mourning, and mass-meetings are called for 
to-morrow, to take appropriate action for 
voicing its public sorrow. 

San Francisco, July 23. — Out of respect 
for the memory of Gen. Grant, meetings were 
held this afternoon by the Chamber of Com- 
merce, Board of Trade, Grand Army of the 
Republic, and other associations. All of 
them appointed committees to confer with 
the Mayor and Board of Supervisors how to 
most appropriately show their gratitude for 
Grant's great services to the country and 
their respect for his memory. Governor 
Stoneman will be asked 10 declare the day of 
the funeral a legal holid.ay and recommend 
that all business be suspended. 

Cleveland, O.. July 23.— Newspaper 
offices and some business houses were draped 
in mourning, and fl.igs were at half-mast on 
public and private buildings and all vessels 
in the harbor. Church bells tolled in the 
morning and fire bells all day. Minute guns 
were fired between 12 and i o'clock and 6 and 
7 o'clock thisevening, by orderof the Mayor, 
Old soldiers at a meeting to-night decided to 
have a distinctively soldier demonstration on 
the day of the funeral, and committees were 
appointed to arrange for same. 

Cincinnati, C July 23 —The bells of 
the fire department began tolling a few min- 
utes after the receipt of the news of Gen. 
Grant's death. Flags on the Government 
buildings were displayed at hall-mast. The 
Chamber of Commerce adjourned out of re- 
spect to the memory of Gen. Grant. The 
Chamber is draped in mourning. 

A special from Batavia, O., near Gen. 
Grant's birthplace, says the whole commurii- 
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Plans are on-foot for pur- 
srving the house in which 



lustrious citizei 
chasing and p 
Gen. Grant wt 

Atlanta. Ga., July 23.— The Governor 
has ordered the btate House flag at half- 

New Ort.eans, La., July 33.— Flags on 
public buildings and shipping here are flying 
at hall-mast out of respect to the memorv 
of Gen. Grant 

A DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN THE GEORGIA 
LEGISLATURE. 

Atlanta, Ga., July 23.— A lively sensa- 
tion was created in the House of Representa- 
tives yesterday when a joint resolution on 
Gen. Grant's death was received from the 
Senate. The benate resolution was brief, 
simply stating that the General Assembly 
heard witli regret of the death of the great 
man, and would adjourn until Saturday out 
of respect to his memory. 

Mr. Lamar offered a substitute, speaking 
of his death as a national calamity, and 
.moving an immediate adjournment. 

Mr. Harrison, of Quitman county, in an 
excited manner, moved to amend by "striking 
out the part referring to the General's illus- 
trious services. 

Mr. Lamar, who is a cousin of Secretary 
Lamar, and was a gallant Confederate sol- 
dier, said that he believed his resolution was 
expressive alike of the feelings of the House 
and the people of Georgia. 

Mr. Jake Dart, of Glynn, one of the leaders, 
of the House and an eloquent orator, in an 
excited and very emphatic manner, walked 
from his seat down the aisle toward the 
Speaker's stand, and said: "Who could ask 
a smaller tribute than this .' Thank God 1 
have dive:-ted myself of prejudices. I have 
felt his strong arm. but I remember the 
terms he gave us— and they were terms that 
no conqueror but a magnanimous one would 
have gi\en. I am as true in my lidelity to 
the State of Georgia as any mernber on'this 
floor, but I do say, in God's name, as people 
and patriots, as American citizens, show re- 
spect to the office he held if not to his mem- 
ory as a man." 

Great excitement and applause followed 
this. 

Mr. Harrison arose, his long red whiskers 
and red hair redder than ever, his face at 
red heat and b.iseyes flashing fire. He said: 
"I regret exceedingly this most unseemly 
scene, but when I am asked to compliment 



the memor 



■dead.u 



pon 



whose service ir^ird tla- last hopes of 
native land. Ih. n vou ni.iy riiaige me with 
whatever you please. It shall not have my 
support. It siiall not be said that I coin- 
plimented the services of a man who de- 
prived Georgia of her rights as she believed 
them. Unseemly is this quarrel. Anxious 
to prevent it, have I been earnestly asking 
the originator of it to take a difterent step. 
Never here nor elsewhere will I. under any 



circumstances, attempt to say on any oc- 
casion that Georgia was wrong — that her 
sons were traitors — and compliment the 
author of her misery. I will not do it." 
[Great excitement and hisses.] 

Other members spoke in favor of the 
resolution and severely attacked Harrison. 

Dr. Felton arose in his seat and delivered 
a handsome tribute to Grant, and censured 
the effort to defeat the resolution. He 
closed by saying that if Gen. Grant had 
never performed another duty or another 
act except his fidelity to Southern leaders, 
"I would to-day with all my heart, a South- 
ern man that I am, indorse this resolution 
honoring his memory." 

Harrison here said that, as it was the de- 
sire of the House to pass the resolution, he 
would withdraw his objection. 

The resolution went through with ap- 
plause, and the House adjourned. 

JOE JOHNSTON ON GRANT. 

The Washington Post says: Gen. Joseph 
E. Johnston, on being questioned concerning 
his estimate of Gen. Grant, said: "His ap- 
pointment as General-in-Chief of the Armies 
of the United States certainly brou'.4ht the 
civil war to a close sooner than it otherwise 
could have been accoiuplished. Alter he 
assumed full command of the Federal re- 
sources he organized two armies, against 
which we were unable to contend with any 
degree of success " 



Memphis, Ten 



-The Cotton 



and Merchants' Exchanges both closed to- 
day at noon, and a session of the City 
Council was adjourned this afternoon out of 
respect for the illustrious dead. 

Canton, Miss., July 23. — The announce- 
ment of Gen. Grant's de.iih is received here 
with sincere sorrow. .\ll concede that a 
great mail has passed auav. His memory 
will be revered in the South, lor that he 

Galvk^tox, Tkx . |ulv 2-v — As soon as 
the news of Gen. (iiaiit's death reached the 
city flags were displayed at half mast on the 
Postoffice, Custom House. Cotton Exchange, 
A^fzf.! office and all of tiie principal buildings, 
as well as on the shins in the harbor. 
When the remains of Ihe generous victor of 
Appomattox are finally laid away, fitting 
memorial services will j)e held. 

Little Rock, Ark , July 23 —News of 
the death of the old commander spread rap- 
idly this morning, and before to o'clock all 
the fire alarm and church hells of the city 
were tolling the sad news. Ail day the slow 
and sad peals proclaimed the intelligence. 
and earnest sympathy and eciiuine u'l iel was 
evinced on all sides. " The ll.i^r. ,„, il„. Slate 
House, (,.,v,-.-nn,, nt huildm- I iM'rc s,.;,,es 
Arsenal, Im.IcIs ;m„I ,„I„., I .u, 1. i . -..,- u ere 
placed at h.il! iii.i~i 'I'hr Si.itc , ili. , , were 
closed on leceip* ol ihc news, ami ilir saine 
action was spee>iih t.iken li\ citv .nul coun- 
ty officers. Many le.idm^ stores aie draped. 
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portion of the city will be covered with the 
emblem of grief. The City Council will 
hold a special meeting at lo A. m. tomor- 
row to talie appropriate action in the premises. 
■J'he Grand Army Posts meet to-night. The 
people of Arkansas have a tender place in 
their hearts for U. S. Grant. 

Mobile, Ala., July 23. — The announce- 
ment of the death of Gen. Grant was re- 
ceived here to-day without any manifesta- 
tion of feeling of any sort, as the tenor of 
yesterday's dispatches led the public to ex- 
pect the' news. The United States Court 
adjourned at 10 o'clock, Judge Bruce mak- 
ing suitable remarks relative to the national 
calamity. The flags on the municipal build- 
ings, the Government buildings and the 
shipping were placed at half-mast. The 
general disposition seems to be to recall the 
brighter side of the character of the great 
deceased, and to omit, if possible, any refer- 
ence to his political history. 

Springfield, III., July 23. — The State 
Capitol of Illinois has been wrapped all day 
in the emblems of mourning for the dead 
hero, who began his great military career 
from this city. As soon as the sad news 
was received the bells of the city were tolled 
for an hour. During the forenoon the citi- 
zens' meeting was held, at which there was 
present Senator S. M. Cullom, Mavor J. M. 
Garland, Hons. J. C. Conkling, C. C. 
Brown, J. M. Palmer, Wm. Jayne, Milton 
Hay, W. E. Shutt, J. L. Million, A.N.J. 
Crook, C. L. Conkling, H. S. Green, N. B. 
Wiggins, F. W. Tracv, S. H. Jones, L. H. 
Bradley, Chas. Stern, 'D. T. Littler, E. R. 
Roberts, A. M Garland, Rev. Francis 
Springer, Maj. E. S. Johnson and others. 
It was decided to call a general meeting at 
4 o'clock, and after adjournment the Mayor 
issued a formal proclamation upon the 
mournful news, and sent the following dis- 
patch: 

To Mrs. U. S. Grant. Alt. McGregor, 
N. r.— In behalf of the citizens of Spring- 
field, the Capital of the State of Illinois, I 
tender to you a resting place for Gen. Grant 
in this city, where your illustrious husband 
began his career as a soldier in the late war. 
James M. Garland, Mayor. 

THE OBSEQUIES. 

It was evident from the day of Gen. 
Grant's death that the obsequies would be 
the most imposing with which the memory 
of any American citizen had ever been 
honored, and preparations for the event 
were begun on a most extensive and elabor- 
ate scale. Maj. Gen. Hancock was directed 
by the Secretary of War to take entire 
charge of the military arrangements, and all 
bodies desiring to participate in the obsequies 
were directed to report to him. The pro- 
gramme finally agreed upon was to have a 
private service for the famil3' at Mt. Mc- 
Gregor on Tuesday morning, August 4th. 
after which the funeral train would begin 
its solemn trip to New York city by the 



way of Albany. Sunday, August 2d, was 
everywhere observed by the churches as a 
memorial day, and eloquent tributes of praise 
were delivered in thousands 01 churches in 
honor of the dead hero. Monday was de- 
voted to completing the arrangements for 
the obsequies, which were to formally begin 
on the ne.\t day. 

THE PALI- BEARERS 
selected by the President at the request of 
Mrs. Grant, were as follows: 

General William T. Sherman, U. S. A. 

Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan, 
U. S. A. 

Admiral David D. Porter, U. S. N. 

Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U. S. N. 

General Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia. 

General Simon B. Buckner, of Kentucky. 

Hamilton Fish, of New York. 

Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Massa- 
chusetts. 

George W. Childs, of Pennsylvania. 

General John A. Logan, of Illinois. 

George Jones, of New York. 

Oliver Hoyt, of New York. 

THE BURIAL. PLACE. 

Immediately succeeding the death of Gen. 
Grant there arose much patriotic strife as to 
where his remains should rest. 

Washington or New York were the two 
points, at one of which it seemed proper to 
finally sepulture the nation's dead. Prob- 
ably the great majority of persons preferred 
the Soldiers' Home at Washington, as being 
the most appropriate and natural place to 
bury one who belonged in so eminent a de- 
gree to the whole people. This view was 
shared largely by Grant's intimate army 
friends, and by most of the prominent men 
of the country. But New York City, on the 
day following the General's death, had for- 
mally tendered a burial spot in any of the 
parks of that city, and the acceptance of 
this offer was vigorously urged upon the 
family. It presently became known that 
previous to his death Gen. Grant had inti- 
mated that New York would be his prefer- 
ence, but he had insisted upon one condition, 
which was that wherever he might be buried, 
the remains of his wife were to be subse- 
quently laid beside him. Col. Fred Grant 
communicated this condition to the New 
York authorities, and they immediately ac- 
ceded to it. Col. Grant then visited New 
York, and Central Park was selected as the 
place of interment. But presently it was 
thought inappropriate for the body of the 
distinguished dead to rest in so public a 
place, and the selection was changed to 
Riverside Park, a beautilul spot overlooking 
the Hudson, which is thus described: 

The annexed diagram of the land at the 
head of Riverside drive, hereafter to be 
known as Grant Park, shows the section 
dedicated to the national hero, and the sur- 
roundings thereof, between the boulevard 
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i2iBt street. It is the highest portion of the 
park, and the gentle slope from Riverside 
avenue to the edge of the bluff aver.iges 
about two hundred and fifty feet in width. 
Thence the ground descends abruptly about 
one hundred and twenty feet to the level of 
the Hudson River Railroad. A wide drive, 
starling just south of I22d street, skirts the 
edge of the bluff, and, after passing the ex- 
isting Claremont house, makes a graceful 
curve into the Riverside drive abouth izSth 
street. The elliptical plot thus made will 
constitute the burial plot, and that, together 
with the surrounding park, will be placed in 



When Mr. Walters, proprietor of the Lon- 
don Times, was in this country a few years 
ago he was taken through Riverside Park 
by a friend. On reaching the place where 
General Grant is to rest, the distinguished 
editor turned to his host and said: "I thank 
you for showing me this spot. I have trav- 
eled over the world in many lands, but 
never before saw so beautiful a drive as this." 
There is a singular appropriateness about 
the site for the tomb. "It is on the Hudson, 
the great river that makes two great events 
in General Grant's life. He got his military 
education on the Hudson; he died close bv 




Sight of the Mausoleum. 



the hands of the best landscape gardeners 
and architects in the country, so that one 
artistic entirety can be made of the mausoleum 
and the grounds. 

The spot marked A is the site of the tem- 
porary tomb in which the body will be 
placed; B is the site of the permanent 
mausoleum in which the General and Mrs. 
Grant will be finally interred; C is the 
Claremont house, now used as a restaurant, 
but which is to be torn down, and D is the 
Pollock monument, erected in 1797. The 
elevation is one hundred and fifty feet above 
the river, and the scene unsurpassed. On a 
clear day one has an unbroken view of the 
Hudson from Nvack to Staten Island. 



the valley of the Hudson, and now his tomb 
is to be pl.iced on the banks of the shining 
river" All the great ships of war can sail 
up the bay, pass in procession before Grant's 
tomb or salute it with their guns on great 
occasions. There will be a landing at the 
loot of the grounds. The New York Cen- 
tral railway will build a station at the foot 
of the slope. A more central location, a 
place easier of access could not have been 
selected. At the lower end of Riverside 
drive, which is about three miles long, is a 
statue of Washington, and it is proposed to 
erect a statue of Fulton somewhere between 
the two monuments. Grant's tomb is to 
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extreme northern end, where the Hudson 
enters the land and forms a bay. The con- 
formation gives Claremont the appearance 
of a promontory, giving the visitor a view 
unsurpassed on' the Hudson for variety, 
masjnificence and quiet grandeur. 

Finally the arrangements were all com- 
pleted and Tuesday, August 4th, the day 
appointed for the 

BEGINNING OF THE OBSEQUIES, 
arrived. Numberless incidents of interest 
occurred between July 23d and August 4th, 
all showing the tender regard of the nation 
and the world for the departed soldier; but 
space does not allow a reproduction of them I 
here, and the dispatches are again allowed I 
to continue the sad and solemn story of | 

THE nation's final TRIBUTE 
of honor and affection. 

Mt. McGrkgor, N. Y., Aug. 4.— On the 
mountain brow, by the eastern lookout, a 
gun boomed sullenly at 4 o'clock this morn- 
ing. The shock of" the reverberations was 
vet on the heavy air when a second report 
shook the earth, and startled the birds in the 
trees. The artillerymen had begun firing 
thirteen guns to mark the sunrise of General 
Grant's last day upon the mountain. In 
quick succession", and at short intervals, the 
guns were fired. The rain had stopped, but 
mist still concealed the valley. The shoul- 
der of day was pushing through. Diffused 
and apparently 

SOURCELESS LIGHT WAS TINGING THE 
HEAVY FOGS. 
The morning crept on to 5 o'clock, and 
again the half-hour gun boomed its solemn 
token of respect from the mountain side. 
Then a steady breeze came up from the di- 
rection of the Catskills and fanned open- 
ings in the low-lving clouds, and they began 
moving. Shreds of gray vapor were torn 
from the lifting fog by the treetops and 
floated lazily off toward the northeast. 
Distance lengthened to the vision, and tree 
trunks and tops were visible at the same 
time. The cott,\ge and the hotel became so 
clear that several artists for illustrated pa- 
pers were enabled to catch their outlines. 
The soldiers received orders to break up 
camp, and m less than twenty minutes all 
the tents had disappeared from among the 
trees and were packed away in boxes ready 
for shipment. Notwithstanding the heavy 
and continuous rain of the night, the sol- 
diers slept well and were comfortable. They 
had an abundant suppiv of dry straw to 
place under their blankets, and the tent 
covers being water-proof they had little un- 
easiness from the rain. Dawn on the moun- 
tain's side at 5:45 o'clock. 

A BUGLE RANG OUT ON THE STILL AIR. 
It was the assembly call for trumpeters. 
Fifteen minutes later the buglers of the tour 
companies of troops were sounding the rev- 
eille, and as the last strains floated over the 
mountain they were swallowed up in the 



booming of the gun that every half-hour 
through all the day will thus tell the valleys 
the significance of the day, and at sunset 
will close with thirty -eight volleys. Then 
the soldiers, in full uniform, stood at parade 
rest for roll call. Down where the battery 
of guns are planted, close by the path of 
General Grant's last ride to the lookout, at 7 
o'clock the shock of the gun awoke clear 
echoes over the mountain and down the 
slopes. The puff of heavy smoke from its 
muzzle floated out into the'clear air. Down 
at the foot of the mountain the edges of the 
forest were visible. The day was coming in. 
The heavy, gray fog-walls were broken. 
THE F.^MILY AT THE COTTAGE WERE 

ASTIR 
as the morning touched 8 o'clock, and corre- 
spondents and guests were moving at the 
hotel. The mountain train at 6 o'clock had 
begun bringing up people, and every hour 
thereafter the little engine drew up at the 
depot. The funeral car to carry the remains 
from the mountain to Saratoga came up 
early and lay wailing the burden it should 
carry. Last'night the family, in a group and 
alone, hade taken their 
FINAL FAREWELL OF THE REMAINS OF 

THE DEAD GENERAL, 
and to-day thev give up his body to the na- 
tion. At'9 o'clock the family, except Mrs. 
Grant, repaired to the hotel for breakfast. 
On their return, Col. Grant and his wife, 
with Mrs. Sartoris, paused upon the ridge at 
the rear of the cottage and among the pines. 
to scan the bright picture of mountain and 
valley, fresh fields and glistening leaves away 
to the eastward, and then the family entered 
the cottage and preparations began for the 
funeral journey. Maids and men servants 
were busv, and' so was Stenographer Daw- 
son, who was receiving closing suggestions 
from the Colonel. The former will remain 
on the mountain at the cottage, at Col. 
Grant's request. Even this morning, when 
the family were at the hotel, at breakfast, it 
was not surely known what the widow would 
determine to do. She had her trunk packed 
yesterday in the event of her deciding to go 
with the" remains, but her decision, if known 
to herself, had not been shared with the 
family early in the morning to-day. At 8:30 
o'clock 
THE DOORS OF THE GRANT COTTAGE HAD 

BEEN THROWN OPEN 
and a stream of visitors poured in steadily 
for over an hour. About g o'clock the head 
of a long line of buggies, wagons, omnibuses 
and various kinds of vehicles appeared, 
climbing up the steep incline near the east- 
ern outlook, and soon the area in the vicinity 
of the cottage was thronged with horses and 
wagons, and farmers with their wives and 
families. At 9:30 atrain of two cars brought 
Gen. Hancock and a number of distinguished 
visitors. The two companies of regulars 
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proceeded from the station to the cottage in 
the following order: Gen. Hancock and 
Col. Jones, Admiral Rowan and Gen. Sher- 
man, Senator Miller and Joseph W. Drexel, 
Gen. Hancock's staff, Miss Drexel, her 
aunt and cousin. 

DRESSED IN DEEP MOURNING 
on the same train came the Loyal Legion 
under Past Assistant Paymaster Gilbert A. 
Robinson, Brevet Brigad'ier General Charles 
A. Carleton, Paymaster George DeForest 
Barton, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Floyd 
Clarkson, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 
McClark and Capt. Edmund Blunt. At lo 
o'clock services were held at the cottage, in 
the presence of over one thousand persons. 
Cane chairs and rustic seats were provided 
for the ladies under the trees in the grove 
before the cottage. Those who failed to se- 
cure leafy shade used their umbrellas. The 
ceremonies opened with the reading of the 
yoth Psalm, which was followed by an 
impressive prayer by Rev. Bishop Harris. 
The hymn, "My faith looks up to Thee,'' 
was joined in by the whole assemblage 
present with fine effect. Dr. Newman then 
came forward and delivered a sermon on the 
subject of the dead General, the family sit- 
ting meantime about the remains in the 



At the conclusion of the di: 
noble hymn, "Nearer my God to Thee," was 
rendered very impressively by those as- 
sembled. The services ended with the bene- 
diction. After the services ended there was 
A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE TOWARD 

THE COTTAGE, 
to get a final look at the corpse. But it was 
not deemed advisable to admit any one, in 
view of the fact that it was near the time for 
the funeral train to start. Gen. Sherman, 
Gen. Hancock and Senator Evarts left the 
balcony together. Mrs. Grant bad con- 
cluded lo not go with the funeral train, but 
to wait over until 4 o'clock, when she and 
the other ladies of the family will leave for 
Saratoga, and from there go direct to New 
York. 

U. S. Grant Post 327, of Brooklyn, bore 
the remains from the cottage to the station 
shortly before I o'clock. The military were 
drawn up, and a salute was paid the remains 
as they passed to the depot, and the throng 
stood witii uncovered heads while the casket 
was borne to the car. The mountain train 
waited at the little rustic depot. Seven cars 
were there. Next to the engine the funeral 
car. with open sides and solid massive drap 
erv, was placed. The transfer froin the cot- 
tage to the train was completed without dif- 
ficulty, and the train started for Saratoga. 

Among those representing the military 
were the following: Gen. W. S. Hancock, 
Gen. W. T. Sherman, Gen. Rufus Ingalls, 
Gen. H. A. Perry, Col. Sutherland. Col. 
John P. Nicholson, Lieut. Col. Finley An- 
derson, Capt. G. S. L. Ward, Capt. John H. 
Weeks and Lieut. Eugene Griffen. The 



guard of honor, U. S. Grant Post, Brooklyn, 
consisted of Col. Wm. H. Barker, Maj." B. 
R. Corwen, Dr. Geo. W. Brus. Reese B. 
Gwillim, J. P. Howalt, Commander John H. 
Johnson, Henry W. Knight, R. F. Mac- 
Kellar, Wm. McDonald, Wm. J. McKelvev, 
Geo. J. Collins, Noah Tibbits and Geo. B. 
Squiers. Six men of the Legion of Honor, 
general mourners, vvere represented by Wm. 
M. Evarts, Admiral Rowan, Warner Miller, 
Jos. W. Drexel, Potter Palmer, Gen. J. A. 
Cresswell and others. 

At I o'clock the order to start was given. 
Engineer Martin shut all steam from the 
cylinders, and the train, standing as it did, 
upon a grade, slowly started by its own 
weight and impetus down the mountain. 
The bluffs and ridges on each side of the 
track were densely thronged with people. 
The grove south of the cottage, where the 
General's little grandchildren played, was 
alive with spectators. Every rock, every 
jutting point, every vantage ground was 
occupied. But trom all the throng, standing 
uncovered in the atternoon sunlight, 

NO SOUND ESCAPED. 
The mountain was hushed and still, except 
for the heavy booming of guns bidding fare- 
well. It was a death scene in sunshme. 
Slowly the little engine started, but quickly 
it felt the impetus of the descent. Out upon 
the first bluff of the mountain and clear of 
the Ibrests crept the little engine, and the 
train trailed around the curve where, seven 
weeks before. Gen. Grant, alive, had turned 
to view the same sweep of the valley and 
mountain, with Saratoga lake glittering in 
the sunlight ten miles away, and to-day, as 
the train rounded this outlook, the General's 
sons gazed out upon the scene and may have 
thought of the other day as compared with 
this. Sweeping about curve after curve, to 
right and left, the train passed slowly down 
the mountain. On it rolled toward the plain 
and away upon the mountain by the famous 
eastern lookout, yet now in full view, there 
was a puff of white smoke. In an instant 
the sound of a booming cannon re-echoed 
in the trees and rattled a volley of little 
echoes over and down across the plain. 
The artillerymen were yet bidding their 
farewells. The descent to the little village 
of Wilton was safely accomplished, and on 
the platform a few hundred villagers 
SILENTLY SAW THE TRAIN PASS THROUGH, 
and their heads were uncovered. The level 
plain w.as reached. Seven level miles lay 
between the train and Saratoga. The speed 
was a little increased. Farmers and their 
families stood near and sat upon the farm 
fences to see the train that bore the dead 
General. Again the cannon on the mount- 
ain spoke out over the valley, but only the 
edge of its re-echo reached the tnoving 
train. The spires of Saratoga were coming 
in view, and from that directton 
CAME THE DULL BOOMING OF THE CANNON 
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the Mt. McGregor tract. Soon this battery 
was reached and passed, its brass guns salut- 
ing the train on its passage. The last curve 
was rounded and the train straightened 
away parallel to the tracks of the Delaware 
and Hudson tracks, on which, just north of 
the Mt. McGregor depot, the funeral train 
of the New York Central road was waiting, 
while thousands of persons were being held 
back by the military. The mountain train 
drew alongside the other train and stopped. 
There were nine cars in the New York Cen- 
tral train. Next to the engine came the 
funeral car. " Woodlawn." The other cars 
were occupied as follows: Car No. 2, clergy 
and Dr. Douglas; third, the sons and nota- 
ble mourners; fourth, Gen. Hancock and 
staif; fifth, Governor Hill and staff; sixth, 
the pres^; seventh and eighth, the military 
escorts and the baggage. 

THE REMAINS WERE LIFTED IN SILENCE 
by the guard of honor to tne car " Wood- 
lawn," which was draped with black and 
hung with flags, and the funeral parlies were 
transferred to their respective cars, which 
were all trimmed in plain black. The 
Brooklvn guard of honor and the six men 
of the Loyal Legion, with a detatchment of 
regulars, entered the dead car; also two men 
of Wheeler Post, G. A. R. 

Soon after 2 o'clock Superintendent Voor- 
hees bade Conductor Thornton give the sig- 
nal to start, and the impressive and heavy 
train moved through the throngs, and away 
from Saratoga. 

LEAVING SARATOGA. 

Albany, Aug. 4. — To all on board the 
funeral train the beautiful drapery of the 
cars was the subject of comment. No 
woodwork, except the sashes of the win- 
dows, was visible. The engine and tender 
was draped with plaited black radiating from 
a rosette center. Twenty-seven hundred 
yards of cloth were used" The train had 
been prepared under the direction of Mr. 
n. M. Kendrick, General Passenger Agent 
of the New York Central road, who will 
accompany the train to New York. The 
starting of the train from Saratoga was al- 
most imperceptible, so slow was it done. At 
the rate of eight or ten miles per hour the 
train moved eastward out of Saratoga. At 
every street crossing, on every veranda and 
balconv all vantage ground for observation 
was taken up. The bells in the steeples of 
Saratoga tolled 

AS THE BLACK TRAIN TRAILED SLOWLY 
out of the village toward Albany. The 
clock tower dial in Saratoga indicated 2'io 
o'clock as the train passed through the sub- 
urbs. Twentv-five minutes later the 
train pulled slowly into Ballston. About 
the depot were throngs of men and women. 
Church bells were slowly tolling and a field 
piece near the depot saluted the train. 

In the funeral car the U. S. Grant 
Post, who were with the remains, mounted 
guard. The casket rested upon a black 



dais and the compartment in which they 
lav communicaled with the main saloon 
by folding doors, wh ch were o] en. The 
doors at the sides of the funeral compart- 
ment were also open and the afternoon sun- 
light shone upon the royal purple velvet and 
the silver mounting of the casket. The 
first and each succeeding detail mounted on 
guard consisted of two men of the U. S. 
Grant Post. One stood with folded arms at 
the head of the casket and Ihe other at the 
foot. The first guard was mounted as Balls- 
ton was being passed. Round Lake, Rev. 
Dr. Newman's summer home, was passed at 
2:48 o'clock. The depot, platform, fences 
and fronts of the cottages in the grove were 
black with mourning drapery. The resident 
population of the resort formed 

LINES OF UNCOVERED HEADS 
on each side of the tracks and scarfs of 
mourning were fluttered by many ladies in 
the throng, as the sombre tiain moved by. 
The hamlet of Coons was left behind at 2:55 
and Mechanicsville was only a few miles 
ahead. The sound of the village bells came 
faintly above the rumble of the train, and 
signals of grief were displayed. Waterford 
Junction was passed at 3 '14 and between 
there and West Waterford. which was three 
minutes beyond, a train going in an oppo- 
site direction slowed and halted as the funeral 
train approached. 

Apparently, Cohoes, at 3:22, when the 
black train rolled through, had emptied iU 
factories and workshops, its stores and its 
homes, and evervbody had crowded to the 
track and near-by buildings to see the train 
that bore a dead' General and ex-President. 
West Troy was pa-^sed at 3:28 P. m., and the 
heavy, black-draped train rolled into Albany 
at 3:40 o'clock, on time, as per special sched- 
ule. Superintendent Voorhees, of the Dela- 
ware & Hudson Canal Company's road, 
stepped down from the cab of the engine. 
''From the first movement of the train from 
Saratoga to this instant," he remarked to 
one who had ridden on the train, "you have 
heard no sound from bell or whistle." It 
was true. 

Colonel Grant, Jesse and U. S. Grant, jr., 
alighted first from the funeral train when it 
had stopped at the foot of Spencer street in 
Albanv. Governor Hill took the first upon 
his arm. Assistant Adjutant General Mc- 
Ewen the second, and Colonel Gillette the 
third. Rev. Dr. Newman. Dr. Douglas and 
General Sherman followed with General 
Porter, and the party was at once escorted 
to carriages and driven to the Governor's 
mansion.' Before the remains were moved 
Governor Hill and the other oflicers returned 
to the train, and there greeted General Han- 
cock and stuff, who were at the moment 
alighting from the car thev had occupied. 
The remains were placed within the mounted 
catafalque. 

SIX BLACK HORSES WITH BLACK TRAPPINGS 
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head of each horse as leaders were members 
of G. A. R. Posts 5 and 121. The crowd 
was dense. The remains having been de- 
posiled on the funeral car, it was drawn out 
into Spencer street, where it was flanlied by 
company A, Fifth Artillery, and company 
E, Twelfth Infantry. Grand Army men 
guarded the remains at posts of honor, and 
four men of the tenth battalion were mounted 
at each corner of the catafalque. General 
Hancock and staff filed out into Spencer 
street, where the General was mounted on a 
powerful black horse splendidly caparisoned. 
The organizations to take part in the pro- 
cession were waiting in tlie various streets 
along the line 01 march, and assumed their 
assigned positions in the procession as the 
head moved on. There were 4,311 men in 
the procession. Many companies outside ot 
Albany and its vicinity were present and 
joined in the procession. 

THE COLUMN MOVED TO THE CAPITOL, 
where General Hancock dismounted and re- 
tired, and the remains were deposited be- 
neath the great catafalque in the Senate 
corridor. Before being so placed the body 
was conveyed to a private room in the 
Capitol building, where the undertakers and 
•embalmers removed the lid of the casket to 
inspect the body, and learn its condition 
after the journey l^rom the mountain. They 
said they found the remains in excellent con- 
dition. The public was admitted finally 
about 5 o'clock, being permitted to walk two 
abreast on each side of the casket which lay 
on an inclined dais. Seven thousand four 
hundred persons reviewed the remains the 
first hour. The U. S. Grant Post, of Brook- 
lyn had 125 men waiting here, and a detail 
of six men on each side of the casket kept 
Ihe throng moving. The details for guard 
<iuty will be relieved by members of their 
respective organizations at intervals of three 
hours each, until the remains are again 
moved. Compan)' B. of the Fifth battalion, 
oinder command of Capt. Stackpole, was 
placed on diitv in the corridor 

TO STAND GUARD UNTIL MIDNIGHT, 
when it was relieved by companv D, of the 
same battalion. The remains will lie in state 
in the Capitol continuously until 10:30 a. m. 
to-morrow, when the doors will be closed. 
At It :3o the funeral procession will be again 
formed. The remains will be transferred 
from the catafalque to the funeral car at the 
State street entrance of the Capitol, and 
will be escorted to the Central Railroad de- 
pot. At 12:20 p. m. the pilot engine will 
leave Albany and run ten minutes ahead of 
the scheduld time for the funeral train lor 
New York, having the same rights. The 
funeral train will leave the depot here at 
12:30 p. m.. arriving at the Grand Central 
depot. New York, at 5 p. m., according to 
the Dublished schedule. 

Late this evening Col. Grant, Jesse and 
U. S.Grant, jr., accompanied by Governor 
Hill and others, entered the Capitol. The 



throng of visitors was checked for a time, 
and the General's sons passed beneath and 
halted briefly to view the remains of their 
father. 

Alhany, N. Y., Aug. 5.— The files of 
people which began passing the remains of 
General Grant in the Senate corridor at the 
Capitol when the doors were first thrown 
open vesterdav afternoon had not diminished 
at midnight. The solid tide of visitors en- 
tering from Washington avenue split at the 
foot of the casket, and in two files streamed 
out through the State street portals until 10 
o'clock this morning. Showers fell, but the 
throng had been maintained without dim- 
inution. After I o'clock the crowds lessened, 
and at 2 o'clock the guards on duty by the 
coffin began to relax and stand at ease. 
After 2 o'clock the numbers were less and 
less, until at 4 o'clock the throng had sunk 
to a succession of stragglers. So few were 
there that more tiine was permitted to visit 
or view the remains. There was a compara- 
tive respite until 5 o'clock, when the strag- 
glers were reinforced, and when it was 6 
o'clock 
51,200 PERSONS HAD VIEWED THE RE- 

MAIN.S, 
and the solid tide was again flowing and the 
two streams of visitors were surging past 
the casket. The line outside the Capitol 
building increased with the hours, until at 10 
o'clock the people, tour abreast, reached 
down Washington avenue, a full block to 
where the coming throngs were formed in 
line by a strong force of police. At lo 
o'clock it was estimated that the remains 
were being viewed by 100 persons per min- 
ute, and that up to that hour 60,000 persons 
had seen the face of the dead General. At 
the Executive Mansion the sons of General 
Grant, with Drs. Douglas and Newman, 
breakfasted quietly with the Governor. The 
morning papers were afterward scanned in 
silence by the party, the voluminous details 
calling lorth no comment of the sons except 
among theinselves. 

The day liad dawned bright, and from the 
country side farmers and their families had 
come in early to see the great dead. Trains 
east and west added to the number of the 
strangers in the city, and the morning boats 
brought many more. 

At 10:30 o'clock this forenoon the Capitol 
doors were swung shut. The compact line 
of waiting visitors which extended over a 
block was shut ofT thus, and those who had 
entered were permitted to pass rapidly out, 
when the State street doors were closed, and 
none hut the guard of honor from U. S. 
Grant Post, Wheeler Post of Saratoga, and 
the six men of the military order of the 
Loyal Legion were allowed to remain. The 
undertakers now took charge, and so far as 

PREPARED THE REMAINS FOR THE LAST 

STAGE OF THE JOURNEY. 
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the military and other organizations were 
lormini; at their stations, and manv com- 
panies were tiling to the side streets, whence 
to move at the word of command. 

Slowly the funeral car, drawn by six black 
liorses with their mourning trappings, moved 
to the State street side of the Capitol. Gen- 
eral Hancock, mounted upon a black charger 
from West Point, and followed by his staff, 
approached the Capitol, as also did General 
Farnsworth and staff. Governor Hill and 
staiV had gathered at the Capitol and were in 
wailing. Eleven o'clock had passed, and it 
was a half hour late when the great doors 
of the Capitol swung open on the State street 
side and the guard of honor from U. S. 
Grant Post were seen by the waiting crowds, 
with the remains inside the corridor. At 
this moment 
THE GUARD OF HONOR MOVED OUT INTO 

THE SUNLIGHT, 
to slow strains of music, and the sound of 
the trumpets of the regulars, upon the upper 
steps of the Capitol, thirteen men touching 
the casket, and so surrounding and almost 
hiding it from view. The sombre car was 
waiting at the foot of the steps in the street. 
Four men were inside the car and assisted 
in lifting the remains to the black dais within 
the mounted catafalque. Then Colonel 
Beck and Major Brown ranged their com- 
panies of regulars on either side of the car, 
the front being level with the heads of the 
horses. The Grand Army guard took posi- 
tions, the blare of trumpets rang out, and 
the procession started at a measured pace 
down State street, the various organizations 
falling in to form the procession. Reaching 
Broadway, amid the dull boom of cannon 
and the tolling and chiming of bells in the 
steeples, the march through Broadway to 
Steuben street, and thence to the depot, was 
everywhere densely thronged. 
THE SONS OF GRANT AND THEIR COM- 
PANIONS OF YESTERDAY 
were driven to the depot, where the long, 
black funeral train was awaiting its burden. 
Gen. Hancock and D. M. Kendrick were in 
charge, and at the request of Assistant Ad 



itant General Asa Bird Gardner, F. W. 



Mack, the Associated Press representative, 
assumed charge of the car of public informa- 
tion. Guns boomed while the remains were 
being placed on the car "Woodlawn," and 
the bells tolled slowly. The committee from 
New York entered their cars. Gen. Han- 
cock and staff" were aboard where the regu- 
lars were quartered, and the great train 
started. The remains 

WERE VIEWED IN ALBANY BY 77,200 
PERSONS. 
The train was constituted and occupied as 
follows: First, the locomotive; second, bag- 
gage car; third car, the sons of the General, 
with Rev. Dr. Newman and Dr. Douglas; 
fourth. Gen. Hancock and staff, fifth. 
Gov. Hill and staff and the commit- 



tees of the House and Senate; sixth and 
seventh, the New York committee of one 
hundred; eighth, the car of public informa- 
tion; ninth and tenth, the regulars, under 
command of Col. Beck and Maj. Brown; the 
eleventh car was not needed, and was 
taken off. 

At the instant the train started, a dirge 
came up to the ears of all in the train from 
the band of the Jackson corps, that stood in 
line and saluted. Hundreds of persons 
standing nearest the tracks laid coins on the 
rails to have them flattened beneath the 
wheels of the train that carried General 
Grant on his last journey. On the roofs of 
the houses in the vicinity hundreds witnessed 
the start, and as the black train rumbled 
across the long bridge of the Hudson, it was 
between two dense lines of people who filled 
the foot paths on either side. There was no- 
clang of bell, no scream of whistle — only the 
dull rumble of the wheels beneath the mem- 
orable train. Across the river were crowds 
of people. The shops and stores and factor- 
ies had closed their doors to business. All 
who work and those of leisure seemed to- 
have come out to stand with uncovered 
heads, to be part of a scene never again to 
be enacted. The long sweeping curve was- 
rounded, and the black train was straightened 
out level with the bed on its way to the me- 
tropolis. Looking back from' the engine 
cab, as the train swept around this curve, at 
Greenbush, the impressiveeftect was thrilling. 
Hudson, too, paid its respects to the pass- 
ing dead, with hundreds of persons at the 
station, which was draped with signals of 
mourning; and the report of a gun was- 
heard from somewhere back on the hills. 
The hot sunshine was being tempered by 
SNOWY AND THUNDEROUS LOOKING CLOUDS 
that moved up from behind the blue crests 
of the Catskills to shade the notable train 
with their canopy. The clouds' shadows- 
took the place of "the sun's bright reflection 
on the bosom of the river. The mountains 
were wheeling nearer and nearer as the 
train rolled onward, twenty and thirty miles 
an hour. The purple shadows under the 
brow of the mountains, to which the dead of 
to-day had thought to have gone this 
month, were deepening as the clouds sailed 
higher into the blue sky. Away across the 
river on the foot hills of the Catskills, a hotel 
heavy with flags and dense with forms of 
people grew into view. The station of CatskiU 
was just ahead. A gun boomed a salute and 
A WHITE PUFF OF SMOKE FLOATED OUT 

OVER THE RIVER. 
There were many people along the tracks on 
either side. The little station with mourn- 
ing tokens was hurried by. The speed was 
increasing, but the long dark train swept 
around curves and over levels steadily and 
smoothly. Out on the river there were 
manv little boats and launches, and some 
yachts with ensigns tipped with black. Each 
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these tokens of respect were not unheeded 
by the sons of the dead, while most of the 
time they sat in silence, with their eyes on 
the river and mountain peaks beyond 
Poughkeepsie was coming in view around 
the curve, where the little pilot engine occa- 
sionally could be seen with its ten minutes 
headway. 

Rhinebeck had gone by at 2:13 p. m.; 



of Garrison's, which is the railway station 
for West Point, when suddenly the report of 
a cannon shook the heavy atmosphere, and 
speed was slackened as the station was 
neared. Again the heavy sound came from 
the gun. The train's speed lessened gradu- 
ally as it emerged from the cut, and hun- 
dreds of people were seen lining the way on 
either side. Again the report of the gun 




The Procession Passing Fifi-h Avenue Hotel. 



Staatsburg at 2:22 p. m.; Hyde Park at 2:30 
p. M., and when the train rolled through the 
throng at Poughkeepsie the dial marked 2:45 
p. M., and the funeral train was on time. 

Lines of people were everywhere to be 
seen, all reverent in attitude as the train 
passed on. Cold Spring had been passed. 
and West Point was only a minute away. 
Col. Grant, Gen. Porter and others in the 
car took seats on the river side. The train 
was passing through the deep cut just north 



shook the still air that before the coming 
storm was almost painfully hushed. Then 
at 3:27 the train rolled slowly past the little 
station at Garrison's, and there was shown 
a tribute tVom his old student home to the 
dead soldier. Along the side of the railway 
before the station, 
THE CADETS FROM WEST POINT WERE 

DRAWN UP IN LINE 
at "present arms." All the officers of the 
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the band from the Post, with muffled drums, 
was playing "Sweet Spirit, Hear My 
Prayer." Tne strains were not loud, but 
subdued, and they blended with the mutter- 
ing thunder over the river. And all the 
while, at intervals of five seconds, came the 
sound of a gun. The little station passed 
out of sigh;, and the strains from the band 
died awav. -The funeral train had agam 
quickened its speed, but it was overtaken by 
a storm, which prevailed with much force 
for ten minu'e>. Then the clouds broke, 
and the rain ceased. 

Peekskill went by at 4:43, Sing Sing at 
4;oi,Tarrvtown at 4:11, Uobbs's Ferry at 
4:19. At Yonkersthe military was drawn 
up at the depot, and thousands were waiting. 
The Grand Central clock dial marked 5 
o'clock, and the train was still on time. Gen. 
Grant's last journey was ended, and, from 
the start, there had been no clang of bell 
nor sound of whistle. 

New York, August 5.— The catafalque 
and canopy used at Mt. McGregor reached 
the City Hall this morning, and was early 
placed in position in the corridor immedi- 
ately behind the rear iron gate. The marble 
flooring surrounding it was covered with 
rubber carpet, designed to deaden the tread 
of the hundreds of thousands of persons 
who will pass around the bier while the body 
of the deceased lies there. A squad of police 
was stationed throughout the building, and 
all persons were excluded therefrom, except- 
ing those whose business caused a deviation 
from tlie rule. The firm which has draped 
the exterior and interior of the building to- 
day had a force of workmen employed in 
making final preparations for the reception 
of the General's remains. The steps of the 
staircase reaching from the corridor to the 
Governor's room have been hidden by broad 
strips of dark material, augmenting the sol- 
emn appearance of the interior, and at the 
platform, where the spiral stairway begins, 

A BRONZE BUST OF GEN. GRANT 
has been placed on a pedestal, surrounded 
bv the American flag, covered with crape. 
AH dav long crowds of people ascended the 
outer "steps of the building, and peered 
through tlie iron-barred gates at the dismal 
interior and the spot where the body will 
repose, as indicated by the richly -draped 
canopy. 

Hurrying crowds sought shelter from the 
driving' rain under the eaves of the Grand 
Central depot at 4:40, deploring the mis- 
chance that would turn the parade into a 
weary tramp through a drenching storm. 
Their fears were groundless. Brighter skies 
showed in the west when the funeral tram 
rolled into the depot. Military methods had 
indeed proved intallible. The escort was 
ready, and at the door promptly at the stroke 
of 5. The dark clouds had rolled over, and 
the sun broke forth, illuminating the glass- 
covered arch. As the train moved in 



ITS RAYS FELL UPON THE SILVER MOUNT- 
ING 
on the coffin, purple- covered, and with the 
single wreath of oak leaves placed over the 
heart of the dear father by the children's 
hands resting upon the lid. It fell upon the 
wrinkled faces of the veterans who carried 
it tenderly as a loved child from the car to a 
light push cart, brought down t'rom Wood- 
lawn tor the purpose, and drew it up the in- 
clined platform and across to the west side 
of the depot, and to the vehicle that was to 
be the last on which the body would ever 
ride. With them walked six of the Loyal 
Legion and two Grand Armv men. General 
Hancock and his suite passed through the 
gate into Forty-third stieet, where horses 
were awaiting "ahead of the coffin, and then 
galloped to the head of the procession on 
Fifth avenue below Forty-third street. 
THE THREE SONS OF GEN. GRANT ALSO 

LEFT THE DEPOT QUIETLY. 
All the others who had come with the train 
followed the reiuains out in double-file. The 
citizens' committee of 100, led by ex-Mayor 
Cooper and ex-Governor Cornell, Ex- 
Mavor Franklin Edson and Jackson S. 
Schultz, walking, next followed the regulars, 
behind them Governor Hill and Gen. Farns- 
worth and his glittering staff, and in their 
turn committees of the House and Senate 
at Albany. In Forty-third street the cata- 
falque waited. 

Eight steps led up to the raised platform 
upon which the veterans sat down the coffin 
with its wreath of oak. It bore no otiier 
mark or ornament save the golden plate. 
Their duty done, the veterans stepped down 
and took' their stand beside the catalalque. 
The clash of troops presenting arms and the 
mournful strains of a dirge played by the 
Government band had greeted the appear- 
ance of the casket in the doorway. Files o 
soldiers of the Seventy-first regiment were 
drawn across the street, and on the opposite 
curb from the portal to the catafalque, as the 
casket was borne between them, the teeming 
crowds behind the militiamen uncovered 
and the mellow sunlight fell upon thousands 
of bowed heads. Then the heavy tread of 
the regulars broke the stillness as they 
marched up to take their place beside the cata- 
falque. Twelve colored men seized the rems 
of the twelve black horses, that weie 
shrouded in black like the hearse, and stand- 
ing beside them, awaited the signal. 

After a wait of a half hour the procession 
started, the head of the cortege far down 
Fifth avenue when the order to move was 
given, with the stalwart figure of Gen. Han- 
cock in the lead. 

On the block, in front of the file, twenty 
mounted policemen cleared the streets. 
Every stoop and railing that might furnish a 
point" of observation was occupied, every 
dismantled laitip-post had its tenant, and on 
telegraph and electric light poles boys hung 
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coffin passed .head (were bowed. The huge 
crowd was silent and absolutely voiceless. 
From far ahead was heard the quarreling of 
the police and the crowd, but where the pro- 
cession passed all was still, save the steady 
tramp of the marchers, the rumble of the 
heavy guns, the roll of the muffled drums 
and the mournful dirges of the bands. 

When the procession arrived at the park 
after 7 o'clock, the space on the plaza direct- 
ly in front of the steps, leading up to the 
heavily draped portico ol the City Hall, had 
been kept clear by police. Gen. Hancock and 
his staft" moved into the park, followed by 
the Twenty-second regiment, ascended the 
steps and passed into the building. Here, be- 
neath the canop3-, he was met by Mayor 
Grace and escorted to the Mayor's office. A 
moment later a carriage containing the 
Grant party rolled up to the steps. Dr. 
Douglas, Rev. Dr. Newman and Gen. Por- 
ter were the first to alight. After them came 
the funeral car. As it paused in front of the 
portico, and preparations were being made 
for taking the coffin from the funeral car, a 
solemn dirge was plaved, and a detatchment 
of twelve men from "Brooklyn U. S. Grant 
Post 
TENDERLY LIFTED THE COFFIN FROM ITS 

RESTING-PLACE 
and bore it into the City Hall. There, be- 
neath the catafalque, the men who bore the 
coffin laid dow their burden. Colonel Fred. 
Grant, Ulysses S. Grant and Jesse Grant, 
dressed in black, followed the body into the 
hall. Then came the Committe'e of One 
Hundred representing the city of New York, 
the Legislative Committee, members of the 
Common Council of Albany, and others. 
The body was then taken 'into a private 
room by the undertakers and prepared for 
public view. Then, at the request of Col. 
Grant, Col. Floyd Clarkson placed upon 
Gen. Grant's breast the decoration of the 
Loyal Legion of Honor, and Senior Vice- 
Commander Johnson fastened by its side 
a medal of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
A guard of U. S. Grant Post stopped about 
the coffin on either side. The Legion of 
Honor guard stood at the head, and mem- 
bers of the National Guard were distributed 
about the corridors. 

When the gates were opened, a long line 
of people, shut in by files of policemen, 
passed into the portico, and, after reviewing 
the remains, passed out by a rear door of the 
hall. 
GEN. HANCOCK FORMALLY DELIVERED THE 

BODY TO THE CITY AUTHORITIES 
€arly in the evening. The crowds about the 
City Hall Park were pretty well thinned out 
by 11:30, but still the lines of people passing 
through the buildings remained unbroken. 
It is estimated that 34,000 persons viewed 
the remains between 9 P. M. and i A. M. 
KNEELING AT THE BIER. 
New York, August 6. — People loitered 



in the City Hall Park all night. They were 
first in the line that soon after 6 o'clock this 
morning began filing past the remains of 
Gen. Grant where they lay in the City Hall. 
At 6 o'clock, the hour fi.-ced for admitting 
the public, the inspection officers were still 
filing into the plaza. The complement was 
present soon. Two lines of policemen were 
placed across the plaza from the City Hall 
entrance to the fountain. Meanwhile offi- 
cers of the Twenty-second Regiment, who 
had been on duty through the early morn- 
ing, were filing out of the City Hall. They 
were going home, and their places were be- 
ing taken by the officers of Ihe Twelfth Reg- 
iment. Sergeant Riley, with thirty men, 
picketed the corridors through the building 
so as to form 
THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH THE 
THRONG SHOULD MOVE 
to the exit on the Court House side of the 
City Hall. The Grant Post had mounted a 
detail at 5 o'clock, to serve from that hour 
until 8 o'clock. These men were placed 
nearest the catafalque, and the two lines of 
visitors passed between them and the casket 
on either side. All within the gloomy cor- 
ridors was in readiness. Outside, on the 
top step of the City Hall, and in the middle 
of the channel of officers to the fountain, 
stood a big, brawny police officer. He would 
act as a wedge to split the current of people 
and send them in lesser streams through the 
gates, where they should flow past the casket 
as detailed. The clocks pointed to 6:06 
o'clock, and at the inspector's orders, 
THE IRON GATES WERE THROWN OPEN. 
Tenor twelve hundred people had jammed 
up against the officers who barred the chan 
nel at the edge of the fountain circle. But 
when the gates swung open, the officers 
ceased to hold the people in check; and the 
stream began to flow past the remains and 
through the building. The first person to 
view the remains to-day was a spare, but 
sweet-faced little woman, who led with each 
hand a little boy. She was anxious her 
children should see the General's face, and 
the childen were permitted to halt an instant 
and gaze over the side of the casket, and 
peer into it. People were hastened. They 
were hurried through at loi a minute, then 
THE PRESURE WAS INCREASED TO 104 A 

MINUTE. 
This was better. The procession was al- 
most a lock step and the tramp was quick. 
A little bootblack with his box on his shoul- 
der came along to see the dead General. 
His face shone and his hair had been freshly- 
wet and smoothed out by the fountain. 
Men and boys, wan-faced women with lunch 
baskets and" dinner pails, tiled along. At 
6:40 the running average per minute was gt, 
and the total then passed was between 2,700 
and 2,800 persons. The channel was even 
full, with no clogging or crowding. 
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WORKINGMEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND 

GIRLS 
in viewing the remains. They were on 
their way to work. The day was young, and 
the opportunity better than at any other 
hour of the day. All through the hour the 
lormation of tiie line was at a point near the 
fountain, and the time of waiting was not 
more than ten minutes from the point where 
the line termed to the place where the re- 
mains rested. After 7 o'clock the line 
changed as to its personnel. There were 
less women and girls. They had gone 
through and were at work when the line be 
gan to lengthen. At 8 o'clock there was 
another change taking place in the com- 
plexion of the visitors. The laborers had 
gone, and the clerks coming down town were 
stepping I'rom elevated and surface cars into 
the line, that was was moving then at the 
rate of no and 120 per minute. The police 
were reinforced at 8 o'clock. Details under 
sergeants and roundsmen had been arriving 
and reporting to the inspector from 7 o'clock. 
At S o'clock there were 487 men on duty. 
The channel with walls of police were ex- 
tended in Y shape around the sides of the 
fountain circle, which, like a hopper, received 
•he people, and from which they were 
straightened out in lines of twos and threes 
up to the City Hall steps. The guards at 
the casket were hastening the people; 150 
per minute were pushed through. The 
hands on ths clock dials marked 9 o'clock, 
the fountain circle was no longer the point 
of formation of the line. 

EVERY CAR AND TRAIN 
coming down town added its quota to those 
anxious to look upon the face of Gen. Grant. 
By the remains U. S. Grant Post had 
mounted another detail of tliirteen men, and 
of the men of Wheeler Post of Saratoga, 
which first mounted a guard about the 
Mount McGregor cottage after the Gen- 
eral's death, w-as standing at the foot of 
the casket, while members of the militay 
order of the Loyal Legion were likewise 
represented. Rapidly the people were aug- 
menting. The crowd was fast becoming 
a throng. The line was being hurried 
through the hall at the rate of 140 per 
minute, and for a little while the pace was 
170 per minute, which rate, if maintained for 
an hour, would have passed 10,200 persons. 
But this could not be done. To accomplish 
it the visitors must be hurried through and 
past the remains almost upon a trot. This 
rate of speed comported illy with the dignity 
of the occasion. But the accretions were too 
rapid to be cared for, and the lines of wait- 
ing people stretched out finally, at 10 o'clock, 
around the bend at the register's office, and 
down Centre street. 

At n o'clock between 30,000 and 31,000 
persons had passed the casket and looked to- 
ward the remains, though many coming 
rapidly in froin the bright sunlight were 
scarcely able to distinguish them in the 



sombre shadows of the black-diaped corri- 
dors. The floral ofTering of the Board of 
Alderman was set up during the morning 
beneath the rotunda dome, where the light 
streamed down upon it. The central column 
ro,se ten leet and was flanked by stands of 
colors, while the base was a bed of lerns and 
palms, among which was placed huge rows 
ot white buds. An incident was occasioned 
by the attempt of an old lady who came up 
in the line to 
STOOP AND KISS THE FACE OF THE DEAD 

GENERAL. 
She was reminded hastily that such a pro- 
ceeding was in bad taste, and there being two 
plates of glass prevented any demonstration 
of the kind. 

As the iTiorning wore on to midday, more 
women, young and old, appeared in the line 
of visitors. Many carried little hand-bags, 
and some had been shopping, and their dis- 
comfort was increased by the care of parcels 
and packages. Observers concluded quickly 
that these had come from hamlets and towns 
in the outlying country. Farmers there 
were in the line undoubtedly, and many had 
come to town with entire families of chil- 
dren, in order that in years to come they 
might have it to say that they had seen the 
remains of Gen. Grant. The increasing 
heat had melted the ardor of many who had 
secured places in the line, and not a lew 
dropped out after having worked their way 
around even into Centre street. The num- 
bers at the point of the fountain had de- 
creased, and the people at noon were drop- 
ping into line at the coiner of the City Hall 
and Chambers street and Broadway The 
passage of people at the casket was averaging 
about 100 a minute, and at i o'clock 42, 000 
persons had viewed the remains, seven hours 
having been occupied in so doing. 

At two o'clock the procession extended in 
a crescent across the park and along the 
sidewalk to Chambers street, and along: 
Chambers street to Broadway. The passage 
of the multitude into the hall was greatly- 
hastened during the afternoon by the police 
and veterans in charge of the body permit- 
ting no loitering, and telling the people to 
step lively and hurry up, so that some timid 
folks had scarcely a chance to see the face of 
the dead General. At 9 o'clock p. m. the 
procession of the people to the hall was more 
dense than at any time during the day and 
was composed mostly of working people. 

A committee has been appointed by the 
EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS 
to represent Southern soldiers at the funeral. 
Among those on the committee are Generals. 
Loring, Lilley, Dochery and Clingman; 
Colonels Snead, Duff. Sterret and Ander- 
son, and Majors Clark, Quincy. McMulty. 
De Fontain, Sussdorf and Budgefoid, and 
others. 

General Gordon, of Georgia, who at Spot- 
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salient on May 12, IS64, and who com- 
manded one wing of Lee's army and made 
the last assault upon General Grant's lines 
at Appomattox, has been appointed aid to 
General Hancock. 

At I o'clock the crowd was stopped, and 
the corpse was left in charge of thirteen vet- 



ans of Gr 



Post, No. 



THE DRAPERY AND THE FUNERAL CAR. 
New York City is now draped Irom one 
«nd to another. Broadway presents a grand 
spectacle. Mrs. A. T. Stewart's mansion is 
covered with I he richest black and American 
flags. The funeral car is i6xig and shows 
the cas'^et well, and every portion of it is to 
be seen from the sidewalks. The car rises 
to the height of the ordinary second story 
building. It measures seventeen feet, and 



It has been balasted with three tons of 



Pig- 



iron to keep it steady. This is, of course, 
concealed by the heavy black cloth of which 
it is made. The casket, of royal purple and 
plattorm ot dead black, reached bv several 
black steps, the bottom one of which com- 
mences at the height of the urdinarv wagon 
tloor. It has over it a black canopy', held up 
by four richly draped posts, and cord, fringe 
and silk are lavishly used in its make-up. 
On the top of the casket lies a prettv patch 
of color in the shape of that green 'letter — 
the capital G — of oak leaves, which little 
Nellie made, and the back of the car forms 
a fitting background for the whole. 

Tlie car will be drawn by thirty horses. 
No white O)- silver appears in the'draping. 
The body, framework and the wheels are 
covered with heavy black plumes, and a 

mounted by great black ostrich plumes. 
The wheels are concealed by a heavy silk 

the sides the drapery is arranged to form 



Ma 



cofHn rests. Three silk flags draped with 
crape and tied with black ribbons are 
grouped at each corner of the car, while a 
mass of draperies, fringes and tassels are 
arranged about the canopy. 

TRYING TO GET A VIEW. 

It is almost an impossibility at present to 
hire any kind of a place from which to view 
the procession in the uptown streets and 
avenues for less than $5 or $10. The specu- 
lators have secured every desirable site, and 
they are :eaping a rich harvest. Not even 
standing room was left at the Brunswick 
vesterdav afternoon. The Hotel Shelburn 
'rented oiit all its large front windows at $35. 
The Hotel Bristol, at Forty-second street 
and Fifih avenue, receives on an average ifjo 
each for all its windows. These will ac- 
commodate about three persons, or four at 
the most. 

New York, Aug. 7.— It looked like old 
war times at the hotels in the city last night. 



In fact, it looked like war times all over the 
city. Great crowds of strangers arrived on 
every train and boat, in anticipation of Sat- 
urday's funeral pageant. But it was in the 
hotel lobbies that the most extraordinary 
assemblages gathered, and friends of twenty 
years ago, who were made enemies by the 
war, shook hands and made it all up, ■'>Some 
of the scenes between the soldiers ^of the 
North and South were heart-stirring, and 
there were groupings of grand old figures 
on all sides. In the midst of such a scene 
stood General Phil. Sheridan. Suddenly a 
red faced man advanced, leading General 
John B. Gordon, of Georgia, toward the 
Union soldier. Then he introduced them, 
and the two old warriors seized hands with 
a firm grip and looked each other in the 
eyes. Then their hands trembled, but they 
did not release the friendly grasp, but stood 



look: 



ng 



each other with sparkling 



eyes. General Belknap, the ex-Secretarv of 
War, came up with General Curtis, the one- 
eyed conqueror of Fort Fisher, and formed 
part of the group. It was a picture worthv 
of a gieat painter, as the Southern General, 
tall, hIacK-eyed, long-haired, and scarred, 
pressed the hand of the famous soldier of the 
North. "This is how the soldiers of the 
North and South meet to-day," said General 
Curds; "God grant that it is onlv an em- 
blem of what is coming to the whole coun- 
try." 

As early as 4 o'clock Inspector Steers had 
a line of officers placed along the route of 
the procession from the City Hall gates to 
the fountain circle. At that "hour there were 
some thousands dammed back bv the i qn 
men that the inspector then had on dutv. 
At 5 o'clock another guard detail of Grand 
Army men were mounted at the casket. 
Between 4 and 5 o'clock the crowd had be 
come a throng, and its line reached from the 
fountain along Park row to Center street, 
turning the corner of Chambers street. 
Every train on the big bridge brought re- 
cruits, who scurried across Chathain and 
Center streets to the point where the loose 
crowd was being merged into a solid pro- 
cession. At the same relative hours to-dav 
there were thousands more in the stream 
than yesterday, and the fact was due to the 
belief and experience that the early ones had 
yesterday the least time to wait. So it was 
that the early down town cars between 5 
and 6 o'clock brought hundreds of ladies and 
gentlemen who thought to be in advance of 
the great crowd. 

The City Hall clock marked 5:;;5 o'clock 
when Junior Vice Commander Cranston of 
U. S. Grant Post, 

LIFTED THE COVERS FROM THE CASKET, 
passed his handkerchief over the glass plate, 
and then resumed his place at the head of 
his detail of Grand Army men. St. Paul's 
was tolling 6 o'clock when the iron gates 
were thrown back. The first to pass through 
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middle-aged, and each could not appreciate 
but that the day and the remains were at 
their disposal. Several hands and voices 
reminded them otherwise with not a little 
suddenness. A solid stream had again com- 
menced flowing across the plaza to the en- 
trance. The human stream was flowing 
just as though 100,000 had not shuffled over 
the same stones yesterday. After fifteen 
minutes theentire line was ttepping, stepping, 
stepping, from away aboife Chambers street. 
a floral remembrance from general 

grant's old ho.me, 
Galena, 111., was placed near the remains to- 
day. Inspector Steers this morning states 
that he has orders to close the gates at i 
o'clock, and he also states that the remains 
will then be turned over to the undertakers, 
and the public will not again be permitted 
to see them. At noon the line had extended 
up Broadway above Leonard street, and up 
to that hour 35,000 persons had visited the 
remains. 

Midday passed and there was no diminu- 
tion of the constant trail of people so anx- 
ious to see the almost unrecognizable face of 
the dead General. At one o'clock the line 
reached up Broadway lo a point near Canal 
street. The tide was flowing past the re- 
mains at about 100 per minute, as on yester- 
day, and at 2 o'clock nearly 50,000 persons 
had viewed the body since the gates were 
opened at 6 o'clock this morning. Lieut. 
Col. Smith, of the Seventh regiment, this 
afternoon was seized with a fainting fit while 
sitting in the aldermanic chamber. Physi- 
cians were called and restored him to con- 
sciousness. All permits granted to truck- 
men to stand their trucks on side streets near 
the line of procession to-morrow were to- 
day revoked by the proper authority. 
THE BELLS OF THE COUNTRY TO TOLL IN 
UNISON. 

A number of churches throughout the 
country have signified their intention of toll- 
ing their bells when the funeral cortege 
leaves the City Hall to-morrow, and again 
when it arrives at Riverside Park. In order 
that they may be promptly notified, the 
Western Union Telegraph Company has ar- 
ranged to announce over the wires through- 
out the entire country the time of starting 
of the funeral procession from the City Hall 
to-morrow morning and the final moment of 
deposit of the remains of Gen. Grant in the 
tomb. 

THE GRAND DIVISIONS. 

The field and staff officers of the naval 
brigade will be: Commander H. B. Robe- 
son. Commanding; Lieutent R. H. McLean, 
Adjutant; Passed Assistant Surgeon D. W. 
Bertolette, Surgeon, and Assistant Pay- 
master L. C. Kerr. Q..arterma^ter. For tiie 
marine battalion. M.jor Charles Heywood, 
Commanding; First Lieutenant Henry 
Whitmg, Adjutant. Lieutenant W. H. 
Emory will command the infantry battalion, 



with LiL-uiciiant H. H. Hadley as Adjutant. 
Lieutenant W. \V. Kimball "will command 
the artillery battalion, with Ensign F. R. 
Wall as adjutant. Naval Cadet A. H. Dut- 
ton will comiTiand the pioneers. 

Rear Admiral Jouett, who has charge of 
the shipping and war vessels that will form 
in the river and bay, has a very large list of 
orders. At sunrise ensigns, flags and pen- 
nants will be hoisted at half-mast. The 
President's flag will be displayed at half- 
mast on the flagship from sunrise until sun- 
set. A gun will be fired on board the Des- 
patch at intervals of one minute from sunrise 
to sunset. All vessels will cock-bill their 
yards, gafl's and lower booms. On the fore 
and mizzen masts of each vessel the star- 
board yardarms will be topped up. On the 
mainmast the port yardarms will be topped 
up. Yachts and other vessels which desire 
to participate in the ceremonies are requested 
to anchor to the southward of the naval 
vessels in columns of three in close order. 
When the procession starts from the City 
Hall the Despatch will fire twenty one 
minute guns. As soon as the Despatch has 
ceased firing the Po what tan and the other 
vessels in succession will fire twenty -one 
minute guns. At sunset the ships will haul 
down colors and square yards. Alter the 
funeral ceremonies the vessels which do not 
belong to the North Atlantic station will be 
relieved from duty under command of Ad- 
miral Jouett. 

The Marine band will march at the head 
of the marine battalion of the naval forces 
on Saturday, the Vermont's band at the 
head of the battalion of riflemen, and the 
Tennessee's band at the head of the artillery 
battallion. 

General Hancock has authorized the Ger- 
man Liederkranz to sing two songs of eight 
minutes duration at City Hall, and a similar 
authorization has been given to the United 
German singing societies. 

The military will constitute the leading 
feature of the parade, this being under Gen- 
eral Aspinwall, who has appointed, in ad- 
dition to the list heretofore published, the 
following aids: 

Generals John B. Gordon, F. Lopez de 
Queralta and C. H. Barney; Brevet Major 
General Edward Ferrero, "Brevet Brigadier 
General W. H. Pentose, Lieutenant Colonel 
Charles M. Schieftelin. Colonels John B. 
Phelps and Robert Lenox Belknap, Brevet 
Colonel E. M. L. Ehlers, Colonels Joseph 
Tobias and B. Penn Smith, Brevet Lieuten- 
ant Colonel Edward Haight, Mnjors R. 
Livingston Suckley and W. R. Mattison, 
Captains R. H McLean and F. I. Spencer, 
Lieutenant A.M. Parker, Captain DeWitt 
C. Ward, Major W. H. Corsa and Captain 
James W. Burick 
NUMEROUS WERE THE INCIDENTS OF 

THE DAY 
while the people crowded through the City 
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memories, old memories," muttered one old 
man, "make the heart sick. Why, I was a 
middle aged man when Grant's victories 
were making the world wonder at his genius, 
and he was young. Yet he is dead and I 
jog along with the crowd." Another old 
man on crutches hobbled along and paused 
before the coffin. His head was bowed with 
grief, and a convulsive sob shook his frame. 
"Move on," said one of the guards of honor. 



"NOW YOU HAVE ALL GONE. 
Well may the country mourn. Let them 
weep as I weep." A. countryman in an 
ancient blue cloth claw-hammer, with brass 
buttons, reverentially laid his hand upon the 
casket, and murmured while he held the 
other aloft, "General, I fit with yer, and I 
hope you are in a happy land." A white- 
haired daughter of Erin attempted to kiss 
the General's face. She looked amazed 




The Lonely Tomb at Riverside on the Hudson. 



■Yes," replied the old man, "as well I can I 
will. I left this leg," pointing to a stump, 
•in the Wilderness, and now you complain 



this one 



aid 1 



nger 



him. 



v\y ale 



her 



\.n old woman came 
id held by a mere child who was attempt- 
to guide her. She hung over the coffin 
I gazed at the worn features. "Oh, Gen- 
1 Grant," she moaned, "I gave you my 
n, my sons, and my sons' beautiful boys, 



when her nose bumped against the glass 
covering of the casket, and was hurried along 
before she had recovered from her surprise. 
About a score of men, women and children 
fervently kissed the edge of the casket as 
they passed, and one old man pressed the 
draperies of the canopy to his lips. A negro 
father with his little boy came in. The 
pickaninny was too small to see, and the 
father lifted him so that he could, the child's 
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Many of the New York churches are 
toUing'their bells at sunrise, noon and sun- 
set, in honor of Gen. Grant. Those along 
the line of march will be tolled as the pro- 
cession goes by. One of these last, the bell 
in the tower of the church corner of Fifth 
avenue and Forty eighth street, has a history 
extending far back into past generations, 
having been cast in Amsterdam in 1731. 
Among the many public occasions at which 
this bell lias done service may be noted the 
date of July 9, 1776, at the time when the 
Declaration of Independence was read at the 
head of each brigade of Washington's army, 
then stationed in this city. Also on July 4, 
1790, that being the day of the reopening of 
the church for divine service after its dese- 
cration during the Revolutionary War. 
The bell was tolled on the occasion of Lin- 
coln's funeral 

DISTINGUISHED MOURNERS. 
Colonel Hedges, who has charge of the 
reception and transportation of official 
guests, has completed his arrangements. 
There will be about 300 carriages in line. 
The carriage in which President Cleveland 
will ride will be drawn by six black horses. 
Immediately behind this carriage will fol- 
low six other open carriages, containing the 
Yice President and members of the Presi- 
dent's Cabinet. Behind these will follow a 
carriage drawn by four horses, in which will 
be seated ex-Presidents Hayes and Arthur. 
The other civic guests wil'l follow in the 
order named below: 

United States Senators— ten carriages. 

Members of Congress— sixteen carriages. 

Admiral Jouctt— one carriage. 

Commodore Chandler-one carriage. 

Ex-Foreign Ministers— ten carnages. 

. Cabinet of Gen. Grant— four carnages. 

Retired armv officers — ten carriages. 

Gen. Grant's staff— two carriages. 

carnages. 






staff- 



Jud<;es S 



Si.pret 
Illino 



iiges. 



Governor of Illinois and staff— eight carriages, 
or of Michigan and staff— three carnaue! 
or of Wisconsin and staff— five carriage: 

or of NeV Hampshire and staff— three cai 






ages 



iff— four 



Governor of Conne 

Governor of Maine and staff— two carriage' 
Governor of Vermont and staff— four carria 
Governor of Pennsylvania and staff— twelve 

Jersey and staff— fifteen 



Gove 



■ of Ne 

•of Rhode Island n 



aff— four carriages. 

Governor of Dakota and staff— six carriages. 
Governor of Virginia and staff-three carriages. 
Representatives of Governor of Indiana— two car- 






'i^^z 



■lages. 



Messrs. Drexel and Childs— one carnage. 
Board of Indian Commisioners— two carriages, 
lavor and Representative of ihe City of Brooklyn - 



Mayor and Common Council of Boston— si) 

Mayor and Common Council of St. Louis— te 

Mayor and Common Council of Hartford- 
carriages. 
Mayor and Common Co mcil of New Haven 



,randComr 


nonC 


uncil of Jersey City- 






carnages. 




Con 




:ouucil of Elizabeth- 










Order 


of t 


eCin 


cinnati— five carriages 




dGr 




St G. A. R.— four car 



GENERAL SBSPENSION OF BUSINESS. 
Advices to the Associated Press from 
large towns in this and neighboring states 
indicate a general tendency to suspend busi- 
ness and observe the day of Gen. Grant's 
burial with more or less solemn ceremonial. 
In a number of them the churches of the 
different denominations will join in i^nion 
services. In Philadelphia business will be 
generally suspended, and a very large nutri- 
ber are preparing to come to this city to wit- 
ness the great pageant. The Pennsylvania 
railroad alone is preparing to bring 50,000 
persons. The bells upon Independence hall 
and all public buildings will be tolled be- 
tween the hours of 10 and J2 o'clock in the 
morning. From Baltimore word is received 
that several thousand persons will come to 
this citv to-morrow. All the trains are run- 
ning full, and some of them are divided into 
sections to accommodale the throngs. Busi- 
ness will be almost entirely suspended, and 
many of the churches will hold memorial 
services. Boston advices say the Governor 
and staff and other State and city officers 
and a regiment of State militia left by spec- 
ial train this evening. 

The procession to the City Hall at the 
hour of midnight extended above Canal 
street, a half mile away, and was four deep. 
It is estitnated that as many as 300,000 per- 
sons have visited the hall within the two 
davs that the remains were lain in state. 

At 1:10 A. M. the gates were closed for the 
night, and about 200 persons who had been 
in-line were disappointed in not seeing the 
face of the dead General. At 10 o'clock the 
body will be taken to Riverside Park and 
the "last of the obsequies over the great 
General will have eternal rest. 

THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY ARRIVES. 
President Cleveland and party arrived at 
the Fifth Avenue hotel about 11 o'clock to- 
night, and proceeded immediately to their 
rooms. People from every section of the 
Union are here. The hotels and every other 
available place for sleeping are crowded to 
their utmost capacity to-night, and many 
have been forced to go to Brooklyn, Jersey 
City and other adjacent cities for accommo- 
dations. 

REQUIEM FOR THE DEAD. 
New York. August 8.— The hour was 
I :iS this morning when the undertakers took 
charge of the remains of Gen. Grant, and 
after those within the City Hall had passed 
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and the lying in state of the ex-President 
liad ended. The two lids which covered tlie 
casket were then screwed on, and the dead 
left in the care of the faithful sentinels. The 
coflin was covered with a wilderness of flow- 
ers, wreaths, etc.. the most noticeable of 
which was a plain wreath of oak leaves, 
pinned together with stems of oak leaves, 
and formed in the shape of the letter "G." 
It was the contribution of Little Julia, grand- 
daughter of the dead hero, and Little Josie, 
Dr. Douglas's child, the leaves being gath- 
ered from the oaks on Mt. McGregor. 

By 4 o'clock the 

SOLEMN STRAINS 
of dirge music crept on the morning air, the 
blue-coated veterans of Meade Post, Phila- 
delphia, five hundred strong, came tramping 
to the music of the trumpets, veterans en- 
tered the plaza, the muffled drums were 
beating, the heavy guns boomed out toward 
the sea, the chimes of old Trinity pealed 
mournful notes — it was the beginning of the 
funeral day. At six o'clock Wilson Post, of 
Baltimore, and a Chicago organization ar- 
lived, and at 7 o'clock the stiains of solemn 
music floated in at the grated iron doors 
from many directions. At 8 o'clock the 
crowds grew denser around the plaza, and 
the David's Island Military band marched 
in and took position at the east end. At 
8:50 General Hancock and staft" trooped 
slowly in from Broadway, where they rested, 
and one hundred members of the "Lieder- 
Uranz society filed up to the steps of the City 
Hall and sang with impressive efl'ect "Cho- 
rus of Spirits from Over the Water" and 
"Chorus of the Pilgrims"— Tannhauser. 
The honor guard of regulars followed, and 
then came the original guard of honor that 
was on duty at Mt. McGregor, and which 
alone should lift the remains — left of the 
casket, Comrades Corwin, Howatt. McDon- 
ald, Squires, Knight and Guillam; right of 
casket. Comrades Tibbitts, McKellar, Mc- 
Kelvey, Brodie, Collins and Baker. 

AT 9:35 THE IMPOSING FUNERAL CAR 
was drawn bv twenty-four black horses in 
black trappings, and with great ceremony 
the coflin was placed therein. The clergy 
and physicians had paid respect to the re- 
mains bv alighting from their carriages and 
accompanying them to thecar. They entered 
carriages on either side of the plaza near 
Broadway, as follows: Rev. Dr. Newman, 
Bishop Haines, Bishop Potter, Rev. Dr. 
Chambers, Rev. Field, Rev. Dr. Bridgman, 
Rev. Dr. West, Rev. Father Deshon, Rev. 
Robert Collyer, Rabbi Browne and Drs. 
Douglas, Shi-ady and Sands. The regulars 
were commanded to their positions, colored 
men were at the bridles of the twenty-four 
horses, sixteen men of Meade Post were al- 
most directly in front of the team, and the 
David's Island band preceded them. A sig- 
nal was given and the line of coaches moved 
out to Broadway. It was 9:47. The band 
played a dirge, the tramp of the regulars and 



honor guard beat upon the pavement, thous- 
ands beneath tress and crowding sides of the 
square looked silently on the black funeral 
car. At 9:52 the New Yorkoflicials, headed 
by Mayor Grace, and the Common Council 
and Police Commission entered carriages. 

ALL NIGHT LONG, 
carpenters, with saw and hammer, were busy 
in Broadway, and when the sun arose hun- 
dreds of hastily erected reviewing stands 
from which the great procession could be re- 
viewed at prices ranging from ,$i to .$10 per 
head, were to be seen. All empty stands along 
the route had been gobbled up 'oy speculators. 
At 9 o'clock Broadway presented an ani- 
mated spectacle. As far as the eye could 
reach, the sidewalk? were thronged with 
people. Every train and steamer poured its 
fluod into this artery of travel. Rich and 
poor, high and low, black and white, jostled 
each other along the walks, and took it as a 
matter of course. The presence of the presi- 
dential party at the Fifth Avenue Hotel drew 
an immense crowd about that place. In the 
main hall Gen. .Sherman, tall, erect and 
smoking a big cigar, was the center of an ad- 
miring throng. The office was filled with 
military and diplomatic dignitaries, while the 
President and his cabinet ministers were at 
breakiast at one end of the building, and the 
Grant family quietly preparing for the pa- 
geant at the other end, committees, organi- 
zations and delegations gathering and get- 
ting ready, here, there and everywhere. 
Badges, sashes and military orders found 
way for the members in the seemingly inex- 
tricable confusion of swarming humanity. 
In a quiet little parlor oft" the ladies' parlor, 
facing the square, a group of serious men, 
most of them gray-haired and old, but nearly 
all erect and of vigorous physique, were 
putting on broad silken sashes of white and 
black. They were the pall-bearers, and they 
were a striking group. Near by chatted Gen- 
erals Sherman, Buckner, Logan, Johnston 
and others, the first-named resplendent in a 
new uniform. 



the pall-bearers were summoned to their car- 
riages, and the presidential party soon fol- 
lowed in an elegant turn-out drawn by six 
horses. The Grant family were quietly 
gathered in their parlors over-looking the 
square, and strangers were rigidly excluded 
from the hall leading to their room. Mrs. 
Grant was reported still ill and weak at 
Mount McGregor. They gathered at the 
hotel ready to take carriages for their posi- 
tions in the parade when the column should 
have advanced so far as to permit their car- 
riages to fall in line from the hotel. There 
were Col and Mrs. Fred. D. Gr.int, Mrs. 
Sartoris, Mr. and Mis. U. S. Grant, jr.. Mr. 
and Mrs. Jessie Grant, Mrs. Cramer, Mrs. 
Dent, Miss Cramer, Gen. Creswell, Mr. 
Stephen L. Moriarity, Senor Romero and 
Mr. W. J. Arkell.' The members of the 
company who appeared at the windows as 



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the procession began to pass were the ob- 
jects of general attention. Owing to the ab- 
sence from the city of the majority of Fifth 
avenue residents the lack of mourning em- 
blems in that thoroughfare was noticeable, 
the residences of Jay Gould and that of the 
late ex-Governor Morgan being the con- 
spicuous exceptions. 

AT 10:05 
Gens. Hancock and Shaler rode under the 
windows of the hotel at the head of the pro- 
cession. The sun was reflected from the 
maze of glittering gold on the uniforms of 
their staff as it trooped on behind, followed 
bv the regulars, who, in passing, reversed 
arms, while the bands played mournful 
dirges. The regiments of the First division 
stretched southward from near Twenty- 
eighth street, in a continuous line, the Sec- 
ond Battery, without guns, occupying the 
extreme right. On the west side ot Fifth 
avenue a continuous line of Grand Army 
organizations extended down as far as the 
eve could reach. Between these lines of 
citizen soldiers passed the long procession, 
with veiled flags and muffled drums, arms 
reversed, in sadness. 

The great silent throng watched it go by 
from street and square, from windows, house 
tops, balconies and porches that seemed 
hanging on the air, so daringly had they 
been thrust forward from the buildings by 
the sight- seers and anxious not to miss the 
memorable show. 

There was not a foot of spare ground any- 
where in sight, and how the police made way 
for carriages, the military and the marching 
thousands in citizens' dress seemed incom- 
prehensive. But they did. Capt. Williams 
swung his club at the point at Fifth avenue 
and Twenty-third street, where the pressure 
of the throng was greatest, and his presence 
alone acted like a charm. In the crowd the 
utmost good nature prevailed. Everybody 
made room for every-body else to the extent 
of his ability, and no harsh words were 
heard. The showy white helmets and cream- 
colored jackets o'f the Twenty-second regi- 
ment of Stale troops made a continuaus 
double file fronting the hotel. To the north of 
it the First and Second batteries, handsomely 
mounted, held the avenue as far as Twenty- 
eighth street. Throughout the line the crowd 
was so dense that its power to exercise pres- 
sure had passed. Where it stood it remained, 
an inert mass from sheer inability to move a 
foot. Even the policemen were walled in, 
and, finding their occupation gone, stood 
still with the rest, part and parcel of the im- 
movable throng. 
At 10- lo o'clock 

THE GRANT FAMILY 
took their carriages. Col. Fred. Grant and 
his wife rode with Nellie (Mrs. Sartorir.), U. 
S. Grant and his wife and Senor Romero 
occupied the next carriage, Mr. and Mrs. 
Jesse Grant the third, and the Cramer family 
the fourth carriage. President Cleveland 



and Cabinet then came out and entered car- 
riages with Secretary Bayard, followed by 
Vice President Hendricks and his private 
Secretary in a carriage. Then came the 
members of the Supreme Court, U. S. Sen- 
ators, the House Congressional Committee 
in a score of carriages, the committee of 
the State Legislature in thirty, ex-Presidents 
Arthur and Hayes and members of their 
cabinets, then the foreign ministers and di- 
plomatic and consular officers under Gen. 
Grant's administration. These filled the 
carriages. 

Then came the representatives of the dif- 
ferent departments of the National Govern- 
ment. Next came the Governors of States 
with their staffs, and the representatives of 
various cities. 

The Congressional Committees and other 
officials from Washington were distinguished 
by broad white sashes. Speaker Carlisle 
and ex-Speaker Randall rode with Congress- 
men Hiscock, of New York, and Reed, of 
Maine. One carriage held Congressmen 
John D. Long, of Massachusetts; Randolph 
Tucker, of Virginia; Ben. Butterworth, of 
Ohio, and Gen. King, of Louisiana. 

The Senatorial Committee paired oft" as 
follows, the Senators riding in twos: Sena- 
tors Morrill, of Vermont, and Cockrell, of 
Missouri; Sherman, of Ohio, and Ransom, 
of North Carolina; Ingalls. of Kansas, and 
Harris, of Tennessee; Palmer, of Michigan, 
and Miller, of New York; Wade Hampton, 
of South Carolina, and Manderson, of Ne- 
braska; Eustis, of Louisiana, and Blair, of 
New Hampshire; Brown, of Georgia, and 
Evarts, of New York. 

Congressmen Bliss, of Brooklyn, and 
Ward, of Chicago, rode together, and Gen. 
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, Wheeler, of Ala- 
bama, and Lowry.of Indiana, were in one 
coach. One of the carriages containing 
members of Gen. Grant's military staff car- 
ried Gen. Horace Porter, Gen. Rufus Ingalls, 
C. B. Comstock and Wm. S. Smith. In 
another rode Gen. Parker, Grant's Military 
Secretarv during the war, who was present 
at the nieeting between Grant and Lee at 
Appomattox, and still has in his possession 
the original draft of the terms of the surren- 
der in Grant's handwriting. 

As soon as the catafalque had passed 
Twenty-third street the carriage containing 
Colonel Fred Grant, his wife and sister, fell 
in, and 

THE mourner's COACHES 
fell quickly in line without confusion. Al- 
most the "last carriage had wheeled into- 
Twenty-third street when General Daniel 
Sickles, with a pair of crutches beside him- 
in the carriage, appeared. Following him 
there trod a seemingly endless army with 
banners, without show or gold or glitter, 
but with armless sleeves, the limping gait,, 
and scarred faces that stirred men's minds as 
they passed with deep and strong emotion. 
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shared his danger on the field of battle, had 
maiclied behind his victorious banners over 
maiiv a road, and now walked with him to 
his last resting place, so manv of them soon 
to follow: sadlv, vet (.roudlV tliev walked 



,.'ui 1 



ept uy 



ried 



bows of 



..ihoutsuppor-sol any 
..ah.'es veiled with crape 
rape on the left arin. 
Then- laltered banners 'were veiled in black, 
and many Posts carried as distinctive badges 
spnus of mvrtle or evergreen on their 
bre^r^ts Tlie procession seemed unending, 
strtlching southward as tar as tlie eye could 
reach. The streets all the way to tiie tornb 
were packed witli people, and as the right of 
the column appioaclied the tomb, the dull 
reverlierations of the guns from the men-of- 
war could be heard, and the troops broke 
column tVom the left, marching to the right, 
oi east side of the road. After forming in 
line arms were presented and the catafalque 
slowlv passed. 

When Fifty-seventh street was reached 
some trouble was experienced with the 
crowd, and the police were compelled to 
force a passage way, so dense was the crowd. 
The people were standing eight and ten 
deep, and it was with difficulty that a way 
was made through them. 

Alter the President, the Vice President, 
the Cabinet, the Judges of the Supreme 
Court, the Senators and members of the 
House of Representatives, the Governors 
and their stafts, the ex-Presidents, Foreign 
Ministers, Diplomatic officers. Representa- 
tives of the Army and Navy had passed, the 
procession began to break up. The veteran 
and civic organizations left Fifth avenue bv 
wav of the streets between Fifty-third and 
Fiftv-ninth streets, and gradually fell out of 
the "line. 

RIVERSIDE PARK, 
where the remains were interred, was the 
scene of much discomfort during the day. 
Heat had Ibl lowed the cool of the morning, 
and the succeeding hours added heat, and 
hundreds of thousands of people. Beneath 
a fir tree at the crown of the knoll rested a 
small charcoal furnace, near it were the tools 
and materials with which to seal the leaden 
lining of the cedar case into which the 
casket and remains of General Grant should 
be placed. Down the slope of the vault was 
lie furnace, such as is used by work- 
;n lor heating bolts. In a group near by 
were five men, who should rivet fast the steel 
casket, within which both coffin and cedar 
box should finally be preserved. The steel 
case rested upon two marble blocks S)r, feet 
high, 3 feet wide, and i8 inches thick. Simi- 
lar marble blocks had been sunk in the floor, 
flush wiih the surface, and upon those the 
reinains of Mrs. Grant are expected to re- 
pose. Manv persons were permitted to peer 
into the tomb, where the steel receptacle 



a por 



ing the body, then being bor 



SOON AFTER ONE O CLOCK 
drum beats and the blare of trumpets was 
heard from the lower end of the park. A 
carriage came in view. It contained Gen- 
eral Hancock. Trooping behind him were 
members of his staft", among them Generals 
Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee, and upon a com- 
manding slope near the tomb the party drew 
rein. Meantime helmets were glistening 
and plumes were moving over the slope to 
the southward; the trappings from many 
horses shone in the sunlight; cannon and 
limbers drawn by horses ridden by artillery- 
men came over the brow of the slope; the 
orderlies galloped to and fro, and sabers and 
accoutrements clattered ' ' ' '"' 



regulars 



marines were coming down 



the drive. Mounted inen with plumed hem- 
lets; marines, with the uniform of the lars; 
the United States Marine corps, with bright 
uniforms; saddled horses, with riders dis- 
mounted, but holding their bridle-rein; can- 
non muzzles thrust from behind the lower 
bend of the hillock; pyramids ol stacked 
guns, with glittering bavonets interlocked;, 
along the drive solid walls of people upon 
the curbing; lines of uneasy and bobbing 
umbrellas; through the trees a vista in 
which the browm and rugged rocks of palis- 
ades pierced the woods and jutted above the 
river; the Hudson, too. glintmg and flowing 
in the sunlight; so looked the scene north- 
ward froin the tomb. 

The Twenty-second and Seventh regi- 
tnents marched up from the east and stacked 
arms near the ledge of the bluft". and the 
Powhatan, lying near, fired the first salute. 
The hills were calling back in echoes and 
the guns of the other war vessels in the river 
anoii shook the air and started the echoes 
flving in the woods in the Jersey hills. 
Three and four o'clock. 

THE TOMB YET WAITED. 
But at 4:20 came a strain of the trumpets, 
and soon the sound of muffled druins. Car- 
riages then came into view, and slowly 
rolled through the Park. Dr. Newman and 
Bishop Harris occupied the first, and then 
the clergy, and then Drs. Douglas, Shrady 
and Sands. The pall-bearers came after 
these. Gen. Joe Johnson rode beside Gen. 
Sherman, and Buckner and Sheridan were- 
paired. while Gen. Logan and ex Secretary 
Boutwell followed. Distinguished inen came 
also besides these. The bearers and those 
invited alighted and took places near the 
tomb. Then David's Island band, playing 
Chopin's "Funeral March,'' came into view,, 
while behind the black plumes of the funeral 
car could be seen. 
The car stopped 

ABREAST THE TOMB, 
and the guard of honor ascended to bear 
down the casket. Colonel Beck formed his- 
two coinpanies of escort in a hollow square, 
between the toinb and the hearse. The 



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familv carriages had drawn near. Their 
occupants alighted, and took position near 
the foot ol" the steps of the car. So they 
stood while the casket was being removed 
from the car, and when it was borne into the 
hollow square toward the vault, the relatives 
followed in this order: 

Colonel Fred. Grant and wile, Mrs. Sar- 
toris and the colonel's children, Julia and U. 
S Grant, U. S. Grant, jr., and wife, leading 
little Nellie, the daughter of Jesse Grant, 
Jesse Grant and wife, U. S. Grant (second 
son of Orville Grant), Mr. Fred. Dent and 
Mrs. Dent, Dr. Cramer and wife, Potter Pal- 
mer and wife, Hon. John A. J. Cresswell 
and wife. 

The cedar case rested on supports at the 
door of the sepulcher. The casket was de- 
posited therein. Mead Post No. 1, of Phila- 
delphia, represented bv fifteen men, circled 
the casket. The conunander took his post 
at the head, with officers and post com- 
manders at the foot; the chaplain stood at 
the foot, and the colors were placed in front. 
The impressive ritual service of the G. A. 
R. was then performed, and 

THE BUGLE CALL "REST" 
was then sounded. 

Dr. Newman and Bishop Harris read the 
ritual service for burial ol the M. E. church. 
Directly behind tlie burial party stood Gen- 
eral Hancock. At his elbow stood President 



Cleveland, Vice President Hendricks and 
members of the cabinet. Near the head of 
the casket, on the right, S'lerman and Sher- 
idan in full uniform, were uncovered during 
tlie entire service. At their sides were ex- 
President Arthur and Hayes and Senator 
Sherman. On the other side of the casket 
opposite were Admiral Porter, Fitzhugh 
Lee, General Gordon and General Buckner. 
When the religious service had ended, 
the trumpeter of Company A, Fifth artil- 
lery, stepped clo.se to the casket and sound- 
ed "tne tattoo. Little Julia then laid on the 
coffin a wreath, "To Grandpapa." The guard 
of honor bore the remains within the tomb, 
and at 5:03 o'clock placed them within the 
steel case, the sealing of both leaden lining 
and steel case then being performed, as in- 
dicated above. 

The family entered the tomb, remaining 
only a few minutes. They theii sought their 
carnages, and, when entering, the Seventh 
and Twentv -second regiments, in line on the 
bluft', fired' three vollevs toward the river, 
after wich battery F, Fifth Artillery, fired 
three salvos from the knoll toward the hotel. 
Tlie familv carriages drove away, but were 
not out of sight when persons attempted to 
deface the tomb by writing names upon it. 
A guard of regulars was mounted at once, 
the military marched and the dignitaries 
rode away, and the long chapter was ended. 



'-^^^^i^^i^^T^k^^ 



THE CAPTAIN 



LET the muffled drums mourn 
Heavy and deep. 
And flags' with crape be borne: 

The Captain is asleep. 
On a hushed and solemn bed, 

Alone he lies. 
Tender words of him are said, 



for 1 



bouque 



his childhood days 



nother bent ' 



ith watching dim. 



Anthems that \ 
Let them voice tl 

Of the Captain 
Tell the struggle 



-he 






Until war was done, 
le would soothe the sm 
When the fight was m 
death could conqu* 



only oe: 
And his 



fis-fe 



allest pang 

■r him, 
was grim. 



IS ASLEEF". 

Was the pureness that 



led,^*' 
beguiled; 



iut he loved and sought 

Turned from loftv spire and dome, 
;ame for comfort and for peace 

To the fireside of his home. 



Fame, you have done 
For the Warrior of t 


your best 


he West, 


Who, with grand, he 


roic rush. 


Reached vour regi 


ns at a leap. 


Sound his pVaise aga 
The Captain is asl 


n-but hushi 




Slumbering earlv: bi 


t 'tis be'it 


That the weary-man 


should rest. 


He has had the care 


and strife. 



Grief, you came when Rest 

Should have thrown her spell— 

You were of rare harbs possessed— 
Oh, you pierced him welil 





It is'noble.g"";^, Tnd'high 


To live and bear us smart. 


Sound so grand was never heard 


As is pain without a word. 


Let the muffled drums mourn 


Heavy and deep. 


And flags with crape be borne! 
The Captain is asleep. 


Warriors in the farther land 


Who once lingered here. 
Grasp our Chieftain by the hand, 
Give him friendly cheer. 


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